Gongs East! Explained

Gongs East!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chico Hamilton Quintet
Cover:	Gongs East!.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	December 29 & 30, 1958 Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:15
Label:	Warner Bros. WS 1271^[1]
Chronology:	Chico Hamilton
Prev Title:	The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	The Three Faces of Chico
Next Year:	1959

Gongs East! is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet.^[2] It was recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.^[3] the album features some of the earliest recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Dolphy has quite a few short solos on this rewarding music... Recommended."

Track listing

1. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin) - 2:59
2. "Where I Live" (Gerald Wilson) - 2:57
3. "Gongs East" (Chico Hamilton) - 5:04
4. "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (Traditional) - 4:03
5. "Good Grief, Dennis" (Carlson Smith) - 3:17
6. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) - 3:04
7. "Tuesday at Two" (Wilson) - 3:59
8. "Nature by Emerson" (Fred Katz) - 4:48
9. "Far East" (Nat Pierce) - 4:38
10. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:04

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton - drums, gongs
  • Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Nathan Gershman - cello
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Wyatt Ruther - bass

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
2. Book: Gioia, Ted. West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. October 16, 1998. University of California Press. 9780520217294. Google Books.
3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/eric-dolphy/catalog/#warner-bros-w-1271 Eric Dolphy Catalog