Chico Hamilton
Personal information
- Known for
- Sound
- Known credits
- 18
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- September 20, 1921
- Died
- November 25, 2013
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Foreststorn Hamilton
Biography
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz, post bop, and jazz fusion.
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