CHICO HAMILTON | The unsung hero of Jazz

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  • @jeshurunabinadab6560
    @jeshurunabinadab6560 Рік тому +2

    Chic-Chic-Chico!
    Thanks Andy 🍻✨

  • @garytaylor2084
    @garytaylor2084 Рік тому +2

    I watch the video's to the end. I have been listening to jazz and prog for almost 50 years. I am always hearing new or forgotten music on your videos. I appreciate it so I let the ads run to the end.

  • @radio.m.i.x
    @radio.m.i.x Рік тому +3

    I discovered Chico Hamilton when I listened to [Jim Jeannie] in Santana's Oneness album, but barely knew about him except the album with Larry Coryell.
    Thanks for sharing and Chic, Chic, Chico!

  • @Robert.Novack
    @Robert.Novack Рік тому +2

    One of the first jazz albums I ever bought was Chico Hamilton’s Drumfusion which I found in the 99 cent rack at Sam Goody’s music shop where I also bought my first Zildjian. Great music, great times.

  • @thomascordery7951
    @thomascordery7951 Рік тому +2

    Andy, surely you are the best exploiter of click bait titles, and when I say the best, I mean the one who uses click bait to the most worthwhile purpose. Never disappointed!
    So thanks for sharing your enthusiasms. You're often introducing important artists of the past like Chico Hamilton who we may not have recognized, or putting people and events in a historical context so that we gain a new appreciation for how we came to be where we are.
    Great channel! Please keep doing this just as long as you have the energy and find it rewarding.

  • @adulthoodrites
    @adulthoodrites 11 місяців тому +2

    Those who have been lucky enough to discover Chico Hamilton have 10+ of his records in their collections because they are all amazing and first pressings are still affordable.

  • @allekassen
    @allekassen Рік тому +2

    Chico Hamilton and Carson Smith were half of Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet in '53. This is the very beginning of West Coast Jazz -- and give the bass player some credit, too.

  • @richardwissing954
    @richardwissing954 Рік тому +2

    "I can Hear The Grass Grow" Chico with Little Feat as his backup band. Chic chic chico

    • @richardwissing954
      @richardwissing954 Рік тому +1

      I must be old. The Lp is called "The Master" 50 years old this year.

  • @SmartDave60
    @SmartDave60 Рік тому +2

    Nice video
    The Best of Chico Hamilton isn’t on UA-cam or Spotify unfortunately😢

  • @neilcreamer8207
    @neilcreamer8207 Рік тому +5

    I came to the channel for the prog and fusion and now I find myself discovering and loving jazz. Chic-Chic-Chico Hamilton is new to me and I haven't even started on John Coltrane or Keith Jarrett yet! Well, I know what I'm going to be doing for the next few years!

  • @johannhauffman323
    @johannhauffman323 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the video Andy

  • @garygomesvedicastrology
    @garygomesvedicastrology Рік тому +1

    I saw Chic Chic Chico at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970. He was really great. Excellent guitarist, very inventive drummer, just really fantastic. He fell off my radar because I experienced the extraordinary music of Tony Williams Lifetime just a couple of sets later. About a year later Ornette and Cecil Taylor and free jazz sort of became obsessions for me over the next few years.
    I think the reason Chico was ignored is the inability of people to split focus. So, according to popular press, Miles pioneered jazz rock-which squeezes out a lot of other contributors who were maybe more important than Miles but there is only room for one innovator. That's all we can handle, it seems. I reviewed a Charlie Mariano album in college and I completely agree with you about him. People forgot about Charles Lloyd playing the Fillmore before Miles Davis, or Paul Bley (first touring modular synthesizer user in jazz, also premiered Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny and Jaco) or Sun Ra (synth, combo organs) or Don Cherry (pioneer of world music) being right there alongside Miles Davis at every pivotal point in jazz history.
    The idea that one person or one band changes music is fallacious at it's core. There are always several people working along the same pathways, but the first one to make it big is considered the progenitor-which, at its core, is really hero worship. Archie Shepp, in an interview I did with him mentioned that change is people working together, not one "great man". 7:58 7:59
    Miles was an important musician, not taking away from him, but I tend to blame the laziness of critics for not exploring or examining the development of jazz rock into fusion.
    I love what you do. (I don't always agree with you. )I agree there are many unsung heroes of music who should receive more exposure.
    So many contributors...but we only focus on a few. I think one of the reasons jazz has become so disliked it because it ignores its pioneers and innovators, except for a few. The same thing happened to rock and classical music.
    There is SO MUCH great stuff out there... we're only exposed to very little of the variety of music that sells easily, I think. 3:09

  • @GJP1169
    @GJP1169 Рік тому +4

    Your channel can go only one way up . Your channel is very entertaining, and I learn a lot, plus I get a few laughs out of it too

    • @jdmresearch
      @jdmresearch Рік тому +3

      Agreed. In Patreon he has even better content!

  • @jackbeukes3881
    @jackbeukes3881 Рік тому +1

    Jack jazz on cape town
    After jazz on a summers day Chico became my percussionist hero and Art my hardbop drummer Gabor sjabo made the quartet remarkable
    So far away from everything i managed to collect about 5 lps A different kind of journey was my first Even my classics snob friends would acknowledge his sound Thank you for featuring him

  • @docbobster
    @docbobster Рік тому +4

    Chic-Chic-Chico! I love his "Man from Two Worlds" album with Charles Lloyd and Gabor Szabo.

  • @erikheddergott5514
    @erikheddergott5514 Рік тому +3

    He was the Guitar Freak among the great Jazz Band Leaders. Shared some of them with Ronald Shannon Jackson, the other Guitarfreak among Drummer/Bandleaders.
    And yes: His Mod Jazz stands at the Beginning of 60ties Jazz Rock.

  • @ArturdeSousaRocha
    @ArturdeSousaRocha Рік тому +3

    Will check him out. Thanks for the recommendation.
    Edit: Instant like. This was the kind of jazz I was looking for, as a mostly non-jazz person.

  • @moletrane277
    @moletrane277 Рік тому +2

    please make more videos like this! i know your audience is mainly prog fans but your jazz videos like this and the modern jazz quartet video are so informative

  • @Raypirri
    @Raypirri Рік тому +1

    Great that you shine some light on the more unknown Jazz musos. Thanks for the guidance. Dig Jazz!

  • @StewartHill-l5b
    @StewartHill-l5b Рік тому +1

    My LPS are in the attic but you've given me another reason to dig them out cos Chico is in there somewhere 😊

  • @RobertVeasquez
    @RobertVeasquez Рік тому +1

    I heard that album in the mid 70s at a jam session. There is a live performance of Blue Sands that was of poor quality but still extremely pleasurable. So I looked for it and found a great quality version. It reminds me of a raga….building the tension slowly, gracefully.
    Thank you for showcasing this great artist.

  • @bklynhubby
    @bklynhubby Рік тому +2

    Hey Andy! Chic Chic Chico! Bought your Sampler album a few days ago! Love it and will be buying more. Thanks a bunch. You’re my guide for jazz and prog. Cheers!

  • @arnaudb.7669
    @arnaudb.7669 Рік тому +2

    Chic Chic Chico.
    Great video.
    Please do more videos about West Coast jazz!

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 Рік тому +1

    I saw a doco of chico years ago. Interviewing of him at home etc

  • @dannyfannyfoodle
    @dannyfannyfoodle Рік тому +2

    Chic-chic-Chico! I’m so glad the UA-cam algorithm has brought us together. You’ve quickly become my favorite channel on UA-cam. I’m guessing it’s tied to my recent viewing of a couple of Rick Beato videos - most likely the Keith Jarret interview. In any case, super glad to be here and most appreciative for your thoughtful videos and keen intellect.

  • @paulmartinson875
    @paulmartinson875 Рік тому +1

    Chic chic chico, eh? I love finding these hidden gems, so to speak, sometimes they are treasure! I find more time to check out your vids in the winter when Im not so busy at work.. very entertaining...

  • @contrabandivory
    @contrabandivory Рік тому +3

    Great take on a phenomenon musician. I think there are a few drummers that have an approach with colorful innovations, such as Bob Moses, and Paul Motion to name a few. 2 cents. I love the rendition of People on the hits record. Sublime

  • @Flowmotion1000
    @Flowmotion1000 Рік тому +1

    I first saw him playing in ‘Jazz on a summers day’, an excellent film documenting the Newport jazz festival in the late fifties. I subsequently purchased two very fine albums by him.

  • @naderzekrya5238
    @naderzekrya5238 Рік тому +2

    I came across the music of Chico Hamilton during my hunt to get everything with Dolphy on it. Ended up with more than 30 Chico albums including a duet Lp with the great Andrew Hill.
    I enjoy them all but I agree the ones from the 50's are the very best.
    Absolutely love Jim Hall - in my book, no better than Wes but harmonically more influential

  • @sequentialscenery
    @sequentialscenery 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for bringing him up. He's immortalized in the Sweet Smell Of Success movie.
    El Chico, Chico. As well as Billie Holiday's drummer.
    Anyone who has a group with Gabor Szabo and Charles Lloyd in it is a Legend.
    Man From Two Worlds is the classic. "Conquistadores" is 1965.

    • @MARIANSCATLIFFE
      @MARIANSCATLIFFE 4 місяці тому

      Sweet Smell of successone of the best jazz movies ever

  • @hazworther
    @hazworther Рік тому +4

    i am one of the insufferable jazz people who found you through the video where you slagged off modern jazz and i think your videos are great! you've got so much knowledge and you care about the right things. would love to support you if i had the money. chic chic chico

  • @joshuafrank4643
    @joshuafrank4643 Рік тому

    I think you should keep making these videos, Andy! In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether you title your videos with a click-bait catch or simple straight-forward title that says exactly what the video will be about. Those of us who already watch your channel will want to watch because we are interested in jazz, and also jazz history. I would love if you talked about Freddie Hubbard's music! If you're a fan of his, that is.... Cheers!

  • @StewartHill-l5b
    @StewartHill-l5b Рік тому +1

    Thanks for reminding me of Chico and all the info about h8m

  • @infitiumusic
    @infitiumusic Рік тому

    Discovered Chico Hamilton a few years ago during some crate digging been a fan ever since .. discovered you last week been loving the content thanks for sharing.

  • @across.the.borderline
    @across.the.borderline Рік тому +1

    Hi Andy, great video as always. I love early Little Feat and Lowell George, so my first encounter with Chico Hamilton came through his Album 'The Master' from 1973 that features Lowell George and other members of the Feat. A very funky, New-Orleans-groovy album with fantastic renditions of 'Conquistadores 74' and 'Fancy' etc. and two co-writes of Chico with the members of Little Feat. Definitely worth checking out if you like the funky side of Chico Hamilton. Greetings from Germany!

  • @rembeadgc
    @rembeadgc Рік тому +1

    Had never paid attention to Chico Hamilton before your video. Checked out a few of his recordings and I love it. Such a great sensibility to space, texture, composition and soundstaging. No wonder he got involved in movies. I'm hearing the seeds of "chamber jazz" like Oregon, Billy Childs, Linda May Han Oh and some of the early hip-hop artists. That blend of acoustic jazz with classical and popular sensibilities is the epitome for me. Yes, also a die hard prog rock fan.

  • @GuillermoBazzola
    @GuillermoBazzola Рік тому +1

    Hi, Andy,
    Thanks for this video, Chico has been always one of my musical heroes. Some extra info about Bernie, his younger brother: thanks to him, Chico met a young flutist and sax player who was Bernie's schoolmate. The name of this young guy was Eric Dolphy.

  • @kzustang
    @kzustang Рік тому +1

    Go and do these videos. This is what we're here for. Not for the popularity....LOL....we support ya Andy. Your Patreon channel is great. I'm a proper Chic Chic Chico fan now too....

  • @stephenscicluna5216
    @stephenscicluna5216 Рік тому +1

    Hi Andy - great video! Discovered Chico when a concert c. 1980 was shown on tv. I was intrigued by his music (with Katherine Adaar on vocals) and his somewhat unorthodox drum set up (very small bass drum and ride cymbal placed VERY low). Loved his drumming and music ever since. As you rightly said, Chico Hamilton is so underrated and seldom gets mentioned as a pioneering drummer. I think that there could be many reasons for this, namely, (1) He was not a flashy or powerful (heavy) player, on the contrary, he played the band and put the music upfront before his drumming; (2) His solos were more for the mind rather than the thrill - again no flamboyant playing, stick tricks or anything. When on rare occasions he was on tv for a drum battle in the 1950s, he often appeared tame and not up to his peers - not because of his playing but because he wasn't the showbizzy personality of say Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Sonny Payne (3) Although he opened the door for future jazz/fusion giants (like Larry Coryell), he was never associated with a monumental player at his peak (John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Count Bassie, etc.), (4) He was not a controversial person, he rarely got publicity (even for the wrong reasons), so he remained under the radar for his whole career. Just my humble opinion.

  • @neilloughran4437
    @neilloughran4437 Рік тому +3

    Always been a fan of Chico... remember some videos of him with Red Rodney and Monty Alexander. My fav has to be Peregrinations from 1975 though! Fantastic album and lovely jazz funk vibes with lots of atmosphere. I also really like his other fusion/soul influenced LPs like Reaching for the Top and Nomad...

  • @HowlinWilf
    @HowlinWilf Рік тому +1

    chic chic chico! ... and he dressed so cool :D

  • @stephensmith4878
    @stephensmith4878 Рік тому +1

    Chic chic ditto! I have some Eric Dolphy tracks where he plays with Chico. I might check out the the 3 CD set.

  • @peterpeper4837
    @peterpeper4837 Рік тому +1

    Great video.
    I knew him by name but not his music. I ll definitely check him out now.
    Oh yea chic chic Chico !

  • @5geezers
    @5geezers Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico !

  • @michaeldavis9954
    @michaeldavis9954 Рік тому +1

    Chic, Chic, Chico!

  • @bradolson8242
    @bradolson8242 Рік тому +1

    I agree that it's better to do the sales speel at the end. Chic. Chic, Chico. Thanks.

  • @Fatdogrecords
    @Fatdogrecords Рік тому +1

    Bogaten 😃 loved that film as a kid

  • @kenlyon8285
    @kenlyon8285 Рік тому +1

    chic chic Chico!

  • @erikheddergott5514
    @erikheddergott5514 Рік тому +2

    He was seen as a „Third Streamer“ by many and had to much Guitar on his Records for many Jazz Listeners. And for others his Impulse Records smelled like to much Sucess.
    Definitely very interesting Musician who made Records that matched my Taste sometimes and sometimes not so much, but all of them had something that made me listen to them more than to other Records that do not match my Taste.

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  Рік тому

      Yes, he pushed Jazz stylistically. He was an explorer

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 Рік тому +1

      @@AndyEdwardsDrummer As far as I know he was the first Bandleader to release a Guitar Trio Album. That was back in the 50ties.
      Jim Hall got famous through his Cello Quintett. Gabor Szabo got his first Limelight Spot by Chico.
      Chico was chasing Guitarplayers.
      I saw him with his famous Cello Quintet with John Pisano in Montreux and I saw him in Zürich with Cary DeNigris, Eric Person and Reggie Washington, all three of them also played with Ronald Shannon Jackson too.
      Sidenote: When Fela Kuti played in Los Angeles in 1969 he played in a Club owned by Chico‘s Brother.
      There has always been an Air of Luxury and Glamour surrounding him. Many Jazz Writers and Fans are into the tragically troubled Genius:
      He did not fit into this „Romantic“ Narrative.
      That might explain as well, why he is a sort of „Successful Outsider“.

  • @Oenloveslife
    @Oenloveslife Рік тому +1

    Chico Hamilton is so unusual, as you say! Having cello (Fred Katz?) in a quintet is so cool, and of course as a guitar player I'm all about Jim Hall, Howard Roberts, Gabor Szabo. I remember reading a Biography of Eric Dolphy in which it was said (I may be paraphrasing) "Eric Dolphy's playing threatened to shatter the effete confines of this group" : )

    • @MARIANSCATLIFFE
      @MARIANSCATLIFFE 4 місяці тому

      You forgot about John Pisano one of the very best of guitarists ever rip John

  • @mwdrum
    @mwdrum Рік тому +1

    Is that a flat ride? Chico was one of Charlie Watts favorite drummers. I remember seeing pictures of his kit in the 70s,

  • @arnowinkelmann9495
    @arnowinkelmann9495 Рік тому +1

    Chic, chic, chico. I love your insights! Since you mentioned Charlie Mariano for the first time on your channel (disclaimer: he was a dear friend of mine), did you know that he put out a record in 1968 called Osmosis? One of the very first fusion albums. And by the way: Gabor Szabor was one of his students at Berkeley College of Music. Cheers

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  Рік тому

      Yes, I know that album. and Helen 12 Trees with Jan Hammer too

    • @arnowinkelmann9495
      @arnowinkelmann9495 Рік тому

      Charlie told me about Helen twelve trees that he was not too happy with his control of his horn. I guess there was too much smoking going on in those days.
      Thanks for the reply! If you have the time, please check out „Silver Blue „ his last album in good health. All the standards on it are first takes. Recorded after we finished the regular session a day before. The bass player brought the Real Book in the morning,passed a small version to the piano, the drummer had none - he was just listening and made it up on the spot. They just called out the tunes with the two hours we had left in the studio. It was a like a live concert and really magical. Thanks again.

  • @barryparris91
    @barryparris91 Рік тому +1

    Why do you not hear more about Chico Hamilton? Because you can't pigeonhole him. He did so many different things that it confused some people. It was easier for them to forget him than try to keep up.
    My first thought when I saw you were doing Chico was to say to myself “I hope Andy mentions Jim Hall And Larry Coryell". I should have known that you wouldn't skip them.
    Great job as always, Andy.
    Chic Chic Chico

  • @mihranbobson7753
    @mihranbobson7753 Рік тому +1

    Chic chic Chico

    • @mihranbobson7753
      @mihranbobson7753 Рік тому

      Thanks for the acknowledgement Andy 👍
      I recently discovered your channel and I think you are among the best music channels out on UA-cam. I’m a Drumist as well. And still performing at 75yrs old. I had to put that out, because it makes LAUGH!!!
      Who would believe it !!! Any way …. Keep up the good work. We love you !!

  • @scottphillips1686
    @scottphillips1686 Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico! Love your channel, Andy! Curious if you've done a video on 80s jazz artists like Arthur Blythe, Woody Shaw and Chico Freeman?

    • @Simon.the.Likeable
      @Simon.the.Likeable Рік тому +2

      +1 for Arthur Blythe's late '70s - early '80s excellent albums like Bush Baby, Lenox Avenue Breakdown and Illusions. He also recorded some good albums in the '90s and 2000s.

  • @adude9882
    @adude9882 Рік тому +2

    It's right what you say about Chico Hamilton. I've always known his name but don't know his music from chopped liver. My bad. He maybe wasn't a certain sort of critic's favourite. I wonder why. He lived to be 92 so maybe didn't have a marketable jazz lifestyle. Certain critics love their darlings to have a high degeneracy or criminality rating. Strange agendas at play perhaps. Still, he seems to have been a jazz great.

  • @MattCarter67
    @MattCarter67 Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico - do I get a prize? Jazz In A Summer’s Day is such a great film (Anita O’Day!). Great clips of Chico with Eric Dolphy. Is it worth doing a special on Eric as many people only really know Out To Lunch.

  • @StewartHill-l5b
    @StewartHill-l5b Рік тому +2

    I reckon he's in the same neglected jazz rock box as Eddie Harris?

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  Рік тому

      Yes very true. Compared to What is the milestone in Jazz Rock that never gets mentioned.

  • @MARIANSCATLIFFE
    @MARIANSCATLIFFE 4 місяці тому

    Yes it was burt lancaster tony curtis starring and quintet in it

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 Рік тому +1

    And larry coryell

  • @pbartmess
    @pbartmess Рік тому +1

    Chick chick chico!

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew Рік тому +2

    Chicka chick chick ... no, hang on, Chic chuck Churrr - no that's the sound of the Yellow Titted Tinkleberry when in moult ... um ... CheeEEEEE Cheech ... Sicko?
    sic sick Sicko?
    Hang on, I'll get it, I'll get it, it's ... Ying Tong Iddle Eye Po?
    Help, I've forgotten what I was trying to remember (and why).

  • @kenlyon8285
    @kenlyon8285 Рік тому +1

    Perhaps someone familiar with Hamilton's later years and/or career will eventually find this video and generously respond to help fill in the blanks for posterity?
    ie: Andy's message in a bottle

  • @infitiumusic
    @infitiumusic Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico

  • @MARIANSCATLIFFE
    @MARIANSCATLIFFE 4 місяці тому

    Need to mention Fred Katz who was so innovative that to this day no one can touch it yetrip dad

  • @markcapofari8419
    @markcapofari8419 Рік тому +1

    Chick chick Chico
    Cim cim cherrie

  • @davidwright7287
    @davidwright7287 Рік тому +1

    Hi Andy, I have The Dealer on vinyl. Would you like it? Consider it as payment for all of your vids Ive enjoyed. Dave

  • @GravyDaveNewson
    @GravyDaveNewson Рік тому

    chic chic chic chic Chico, play a little song for me

  • @narosgmbh5916
    @narosgmbh5916 Рік тому +1

    ccchico

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley Рік тому +1

    Chic chic Chico lol

  • @rothwellaudio
    @rothwellaudio Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico
    Happy now?
    Lets hear more reminiscences of you fighting in the Crimean War. 😂

  • @naderzekrya5238
    @naderzekrya5238 Рік тому

    chic chic chico! Just counted -> I have 33 Chico Hamilton, 42 Chico Buarque, 16 Chico Freeman, 7 Chico Cesar and 4 Chico Pinheiro albums. ♫ ♫♫ ♫ music is the best

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  Рік тому

      But do you have Chico Arnez? I do

    • @naderzekrya5238
      @naderzekrya5238 Рік тому

      @Andy Edwards Chico Arnez?! No. Hadn't heard of him, will check...
      None by Chico O'Farrill either but I'm a fan of his trumpeting grandson Adam O'Farrill.
      Nicely presented video on Chico Hamilton, cheers!

  • @adbadhed
    @adbadhed Рік тому +1

    Anyone else here because of Bernie.

  • @lupcokotevski2907
    @lupcokotevski2907 Рік тому +1

    Chico, Mongo, Chick, Chuck Glen dont strike me as cool names for jazz. I think of the Marx brothers. Maybe dont underestimate the marketing and psychological impact of a name. Norma Jean or Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant or Archibald, Robert Plant or Bob Plant, Jimi or Jimmy, Harold or Dirty Harry. Names have connotations.

  • @BritProgJazz
    @BritProgJazz Рік тому +1

    Miles Davis was a bop-era player...
    My guess is Chico just wasn't hip 😂

    • @BritProgJazz
      @BritProgJazz Рік тому +1

      ...and speaking of Stan Kenton, are you familiar with his '...Plays Chicago' double album? It's killer. Features a very young Peter Erskine on drums.

    • @naderzekrya5238
      @naderzekrya5238 Рік тому

      @@BritProgJazz don't rub it in

  • @galenzellars6971
    @galenzellars6971 Рік тому

    Chic Chic Chico!

  • @gusalden
    @gusalden Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico

  • @davewaterford281
    @davewaterford281 Рік тому +1

    Chic Chic Chico!

  • @henryjablonski5280
    @henryjablonski5280 Рік тому

    Chic Chic Chico!