Ellington Suite
1959 studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
Ellington Suite | ||||
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Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | January 9 & 12, 1959 Sound Enterprises in Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | World Pacific WP-1258 / ST-1258 | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
Chico Hamilton chronology | ||||
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Ellington Suite is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the World Pacific label.[1][2] Hamilton recorded the album to replace recordings from 1958 which were originally shelved and issued as The Original Ellington Suite in 2000.
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Well worth picking up by listeners fortunate enough to find it, this is one of Hamilton's hardest-swinging sets of the 1950s".[3]
Track listing
- "Take the "A" Train & Perdido" (Billy Strayhorn / Juan Tizol) - 2:58
- "Everything But You" (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George) - 4:30
- "Lucky So and So" (Ellington, Mack David) - 4:51
- "Azure" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, James, George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:00
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:35
- "Sittin' and a Rockin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Lee Gaines) - 3:19
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz) - 4:43
- "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 3:52
- "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:16
Personnel
- Chico Hamilton - drums
- Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute
- Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Fred Katz - cello
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Carson Smith - bass
References
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- Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (1955)
- Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi (1956)
- Chico Hamilton Trio (1956)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- South Pacific in Hi-Fi (1958)
- Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell (1958)
- The Original Ellington Suite (1958)
- The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached (1958)
- Gongs East! (1958)
- Ellington Suite (1959)
- The Three Faces of Chico (1959)
- That Hamilton Man (1959)
- Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960)
- The Chico Hamilton Special (1960)
- Drumfusion (1962)
- Passin' Thru (1962)
- A Different Journey (1963)
- Man from Two Worlds (1963)
- Chic Chic Chico (1965)
- El Chico (1966)
- The Further Adventures of El Chico (1966)
- The Dealer (1966)
- The Gamut (1968)
- The Head Hunters (1969)
- El Exigente: The Demanding One (1970)
- Peregrinations (1975)
- Dreams Come True (1993)
- Chico Hamilton Quintet (1957)
- The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet (1960)
- Montreux Festival (1974)
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