1. Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
13 Facts About Chico Hamilton
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Chico Hamilton came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne.
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Foreststorn Chico Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California, one of three brothers, one of whom was actor Bernie Chico Hamilton.
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Chico Hamilton started his career in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso before he had finished high school.
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Chico Hamilton appeared in You'll Never Get Rich as part of the backing group supporting Fred Astaire.
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Chico Hamilton performed on the soundtrack of the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope film Road to Bali.
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Chico Hamilton recorded his first album as leader in 1955 with George Duvivier and Howard Roberts for Pacific Jazz.
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Chico Hamilton continued to tour, using different personnel, from 1957 to 1960.
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Chico Hamilton formed a commercial and film production company in 1965, and went on to score the feature films Repulsion, Mr Ricco, Coonskin, By Design, the television programs Portrait of Willie Mays and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and scored hundreds of commercials for TV and radio.
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In 2001, Chico Hamilton released Foreststorn featuring Euphoria with Cary DeNigris on guitar, Paul Ramsey on bass, Eric Lawrence on alto and soprano saxes and Evan Schwam on tenor sax, alongside notable guests.
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In 1997, Chico Hamilton received the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Programs' Beacons in Jazz Award in recognition for his "significant contribution to the evolution of Jazz".
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Several remixes of Chico Hamilton's recordings were released in the late 2000s.
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Chico Hamilton died aged 92 on November 25,2013, in Manhattan.