Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album) explained

Passin' Thru
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chico Hamilton
Cover:	Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album).jpg
Released:	February 1963^[1]
Recorded:	September 18 & 20, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:44
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Chico Hamilton
Prev Title:	Drumfusion
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	A Different Journey
Next Year:	1963

Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in September 1962 and released in February 1963 on the Impulse! label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Drummer Chico Hamilton's debut on Impulse featured his fifth Quintet, an advanced hard bop unit that sometimes hinted a little at the avant-garde... this was a major band".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as noted

1. "Passin' Thru" – 8:16
2. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:11
3. "El Toro" (Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo) – 4:39
4. "Transfusion" – 2:42
5. "Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó) – 13:15
6. "Lonesome Child" – 5:41

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 18, 1962 (tracks 1-4), and September 20, 1962 (tracks 5 & 6)

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton – drums
• George Bohanon – trombone; percussion (3)
• Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone (1,2,4,6), flute (3,5)
• Gábor Szabó – guitar
• Albert Stinson – bass

Notes and References

1. Jazz Special Merit Album. Billboard. February 16, 1963. 75. 7. 30. February 16, 2015.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-29 Impulse! Records discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 18, 2011.