Dopo aver accompagnato Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie e Lena Horne, Hamilton nel 1955 fondò un suo quintetto, caratterizzato dalla presenza del violoncello come strumento conduttore, per poi affermarsi negli anni seguenti come bandleader.
Discografia Come leader 1955: Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (Pacific Jazz) 1955: The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet (World Pacific) - released 1960 1956: Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi (Pacific Jazz) 1953-56: Chico Hamilton Trio (Pacific Jazz) 1957: Chico Hamilton Quintet (Pacific Jazz) 1957: Zen: The Music of Fred Katz (Pacific Jazz) 1957: Sweet Smell of Success (Decca) 1958: South Pacific in Hi-Fi (World Pacific) 1958: Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell (World Pacific) 1958: The Original Ellington Suite (Pacific Jazz) with Eric Dolphy - released 2000 1958: The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached (Warner Bros.) 1958: Gongs East! (Warner Bros.) 1959: Ellington Suite (World Pacific) 1959: The Three Faces of Chico (Warner Bros.) 1959: That Hamilton Man (Sesac) 1960: Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (Columbia) 1960 The Chico Hamilton Special (Columbia) 1962: Drumfusion (Columbia) 1962: Passin' Thru (Impulse!) 1963: A Different Journey (Reprise) 1963: Man from Two Worlds (Impulse!) 1965: Chic Chic Chico (Impulse!) 1966: El Chico (Impulse!) 1966: The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!) 1966: The Dealer (Impulse!) 1968: The Gamut (albu (Solid State) 1969: The Head Hunters (Solid State) 1970: El Exigente: The Demanding One (Flying Dutchman) 1973: The Master (Enterprise) 1974: Montreux Festival (Stax) - live album shared with Albert King and Little Milton 1975: Peregrinations (Blue Note) 1976: Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note) 1977: Catwalk (Mercury) 1979: Reaching for the Top (Nautilus) 1980: Nomad (Elektra) 1988: Euphoria (Swallow) 1990: Transfusion 1991: Reunion 1992: Arroyo 1993: Trio! 1993: Dreams Come True (Joyous Shout!) with Andrew Hill - released 2008 1994: My Panamanian Friend (The Music of Eric Dolphy) 1994: Dancing to a Different Drummer (Soul Note) 1998: Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet 1999: Timely 2001: Foreststorn 2002: Thoughts Of... 2006: Juniflip (Joyous Shout!) 2006: Believe (Joyous Shout!) 2006: 6th Avenue Romp (Joyous Shout!) 2006: Heritage 2007: Hamiltonia 2007: Mysterious Maiden (180 gram vinyl LP) 2008: It's About Time EP 2008: Alternative Dimensions of El Chico (Joyous Shout!) 2008: Trio! Live @ Artpark 2009: The Alternative Dimensions of El Chico (12" double vinyl) 2009: Twelve Tones of Love 2011: Revelation (10" vinyl EP) 2011: Euphoric (EP) 2011: Revelation
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