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Chico Hamilton | |
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![]() Chico Hamilton appearing at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park, New York City, August 26, 2007 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Foreststorn Hamilton |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | September 20, 1921
Died | November 25, 2013 New York, New York, U.S. | (aged 92)
Genres | Cool jazz, free jazz, soul jazz, hard bop, jazz-funk, boogaloo |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Drums |
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013)[1] 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.