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Gongs East!

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Released
  
1959

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:15

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Recorded
  
December 29 & 30, 1958Los Angeles, CA

Gongs East!(1958)
  
The Three Faces of Chico(1959)

Artists
  
Chico Hamilton, The Chico Hamilton Quintet

Similar
  
Chico Hamilton albums, Jazz albums

Chico hamilton gongs east


Gongs East! is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label. the album features some of the earliest recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Contents

Gongs east eric dolphy and chico hamilton


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: " Dolphy has quite a few short solos on this rewarding music... Recommended".

Track listing

  1. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling) - 2:59
  2. "Where I Live" (Gerald Wilson) - 2:57
  3. "Gongs East" (Chico Hamilton) - 5:04
  4. "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (Traditional) - 4:03
  5. "Good Grief, Dennis" (Carlson Smith) - 3:17
  6. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) - 3:04
  7. "Tuesday at Two" (Wilson) - 3:59
  8. "Nature by Emerson" (Fred Katz) - 4:48
  9. "Far East" (Nat Pierce) - 4:38
  10. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:04

Personnel

  • Chico Hamilton - drums, gongs
  • Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Nathan Gershman - cello
  • Dennis Budimir - guitar
  • Wyatt Ruther - bass

    • Songs

    1Beyond the Blue Horizon3:07
    2Where I Live4:03
    3Gongs East4:51

    References

    Gongs East! Wikipedia
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