The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached explained

The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached
Type:	Album
Artist:	Chico Hamilton Quintet
Cover:	The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	October 26 & 27, 1958 Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:53
Label:	Warner Bros. WS 1245
Chronology:	Chico Hamilton
Prev Title:	The Original Ellington Suite
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Gongs East!
Next Year:	1958

The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet, recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.^[1] The album features some of the earliest released recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Reception

Billboard called it "an outstanding jazz set featuring fine performances and exciting ideas."^[2] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The West Coast jazz chamber music generally holds one's interest."

Track listing

1. "Something to Live For" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 3:56
2. "Andante" (Luther Henderson) - 2:30
3. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:28
4. "Pottsville, U.S.A." (Bill Potts) - 5:43
5. "Don's Delight" (Chico Hamilton, Howard McGhee) - 3:49
6. "Strange" (Fred Fisher, John La Touche) - 3:09
7. "Modes" (Fred Katz) - 6:38
8. "Fair Weather" (Benny Golson) - 3:00
9. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 4:38
10. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:02

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton - drums, percussion
  • Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Nathan Gershman - cello
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Wyatt Ruther - bass
• unidentified string section arranged and conducted by Fred Katz

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/eric-dolphy/catalog/#warner-bros-w-1245 Eric Dolphy Catalog
2. Billboard, January 26, 1959, p.27