Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette
Studio album /Live album by
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released1956
RecordedAugust 4 & 23, 1955
The Strollers in Long Beach[1]
Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
LabelPacific Jazz PJ-1209 / ST-20143
ProducerRichard Bock
Chico Hamilton chronology
Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette
(1956) 		The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet
(1955)

Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (rereleased as Spectacular!) is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette, released on the Pacific Jazz label.[2][3] The album was recorded in 1955 with one side recorded live and the other recorded in the studio.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "A chamber jazz unit that hinted in spots at classical music, this cool jazz band was quite popular for a few years."[4]

Track listing

  1. "A Nice Day" (Buddy Collette) - 2:53
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:16
  3. "Blue Sands" (Collette) - 6:30
  4. "The Sage" (Fred Katz) - 3:34
  5. "The Morning After" (Chico Hamilton) - 2:07
  6. "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 2:10
  7. "Spectacular" (Jim Hall) - 5:12
  8. "Free Form" (Hamilton, Collette, Hall, Katz, Carson Smith) - 5:00
  9. "Walking Carson Blues" (Smith) - 6:08
  10. "Buddy Boo" (Collette) - 6:16

Personnel

Uses in other media

References

  1. ^ Jazz, All About. "Chico Hamilton: Chico Hamilton Quintet: Three Classic Albums album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
  2. ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 3, 2015
  3. ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 3, 2015
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Spectacular – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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