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Released
  
1959

The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached (1958)
  
Gongs East! (1958)

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
37:53

Artist
  
Chico Hamilton

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Recorded
  
October 26 & 27, 1958 Los Angeles, CA

Similar
  
Chico Hamilton albums, Jazz albums

The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached 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 released recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Contents

Reception

on its release Billboard called it "An outstanding jazz set featuring fine performances and exciting ideas". The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The West Coast jazz chamber music generally holds one's interest".

Track listing

  1. "Something to Live For" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 3:56
  2. "Andante" (Luther Henderson) - 2:30
  3. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:28
  4. "Pottsville, U.S.A." (Bill Potts) - 5:43
  5. "Don's Delight" (Chico Hamilton, Howard McGhee) - 3:49
  6. "Strange" (Fred Fisher, John La Touche) - 3:09
  7. "Modes" (Fred Katz) - 6:38
  8. "Fair Weather" (Benny Golson) - 3:00
  9. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 4:38
  10. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:02

Personnel

  • Chico Hamilton - drums, percussion
  • Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Nathan Gershman - cello
  • Dennis Budimir - guitar
  • Wyatt Ruther - bass
  • unidentified string section arranged and conducted by Fred Katz

    • Songs

    1Something to Live For3:56
    2Andante2:30
    3Speak Low (From "One Touch of Venus")2:28

    References

    The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached Wikipedia
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