Legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton, born September 21st, 1921 in Los Angeles, had a fast track musical education in a band with his schoolmates Charles Mingus, Illinois ...

Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton, an influential jazz drummer and bandleader who was an architect of the West Coast cool jazz style and was known for discovering young talent, has died. He was 92. His ...

Chico Hamilton was one inventive drummer. He grew up in LA, moved to New York, and recorded amazing albums with sidemen like Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo, and other fantastic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton, an influential jazz drummer and bandleader who was an architect of the West Coast cool jazz style and was known for discovering young talent, has died. He ...

Today is the 85th birthday of jazz drummer and legendary bandleader Chico Hamilton. He has spent 70 years behind the drum kit, performing in a wide variety of styles and jazz flavors: from big band ...

West Coast jazz drummer, composer and educator Chico Hamilton, who went to high school with Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon and went on to play with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie… By ...

Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton, a linchpin of the West Coast jazz scene in the 1950s and '60s, died yesterday evening of natural causes in New York City, according to his publicist April Thibeault. He ...

Hamilton released more than 60 albums throughout his career He played with Lena Horne%2C Nat King Cole%2C Sammy Davis Jr. and Billie Holiday He was honored as a living jazz legend by the Kennedy ...

In August 1955, promoter Maynard Sloate booked a quirky quintet into Strollers, a jazz club at 27 Locust Avenue in Long Beach, Calif. The quintet led by drummer Chico Hamilton featured Buddy Collette ...

Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton, a linchpin of the West Coast jazz scene in the 1950s and '60s, died yesterday evening of natural causes in New York City, according to his publicist April Thibeault. He ...

When: 4:30 p.m. June 30. What: A mix of funk, R&B and Latin-flavored jazz. Who: Chico Hamilton on drums; Cary DeNigris on guitar; Paul Ramsey on bass; Evan Schwam and Geoffrey Countryman on flute and ...