"A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton in the 1960s"

[ghost of miles]

This past week's Night Lights show, devoted to drummer Chico Hamilton's early and mid-1960s recordings, is now up for online listening:

A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton In The 1960s

...and a happy birthday to Mr. Hamilton, who turns 90 today.

Edited September 20, 2021 by ghost of miles

[Teasing the Korean]

I absolutely LOVE that stuff with Gabor Szabo. Some jazz geeks hate it. Thanks for playing it.

[Guy Berger]

Lloyd's playing here (and on his first two albums, and the Cannonball stuff) is better than on the Atlantic albums.

[ghost of miles]

Lloyd also seems to have done a vast bulk of the writing for the band.

[BillF]

Now listening!

[ghost of miles]

Up in remembrance... I'll be revisiting these sides and the Mosaic set as well. I have to confess that I'm not as up on post-1970 CH as I should be... any recommendations?

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/journey-chico-hamilton-1960s/

Edited November 26, 2013 by ghost of miles

[sidewinder]

... any recommendations?

I quite like this one of his later albums..

[Stefan Wood]

His Blue Note album is very good.

[ghost of miles]

We re-aired A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton In The 1960s this past week in honor of today’s Hamilton centennial, and it remains archived for online listening.

[Dmitry]

Looking forward playing this program on my commute to work tomorrow. Just played the Chico Hamilton Special LP for the first time, and I'm hooked. Three plays in a row...I loved every second of the music on this record! 

 

[Ken Dryden]

I interviewed Chico Hamilton twice for Hot House, he was an engaging guest. Ironically, he was one of the first jazz masters that I met at the NEA Jazz Masters reception held in January 2006 at IAJE. If i can find a way to load the photo I took of him with Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Heath and Louis Hayes, I'll upload it. Most of the photos I took casually rather than trying to get anyone to pose, this one was printed with my article about it in Coda.

Edited January 23, 2022 by Ken Dryden