Trio!
CD album.
Mycket gott skick. CD, Soul Note 121246-1 (1992 / 1993). Trumslagaren Chico Hamilton har alltid gått sina egna vägar - hans kvintett på 1950- och 60-talen låg hela tiden i framkant och inkorporerade element från både folkmusik och klassisk musik. Här spelar han tillsammans med Cary DeNigris g och Eric Person as/ss/sopranino. "In the liner notes, drummer Hamilton states "I have never made a straight-ahead record." This one comes pretty close. It swings with fervent joy -- not bad for the 71-year-old veteran....It's a stripped down approach that seems to serve the drummer quite well, as his own voice and musical director. Hamilton wrote two pieces: "Song for Helen," a beautiful meditational hymn, on which Hamilton himself does not play, but DeNigris' shimmering, slow chords, and Person's sonorous alto mesh well; and "Around the Corner," a slow and bluesy swing with a fine hi-hat solo, and free section in the middle of two-note phrases which bookend this ABCA form. "See Saw" has ostinato alto and harmonic unison guitar floating over Hamilton's lightning-quick brushes....A most impressionistic soprano or sopranino sax from Person, on "Love of Life," merges with an irresistible modal swing, where the band really comes together. Fans of Hamilton should enjoy this tremendously; purists may not. That his music is individualistic is a credit to Hamilton's endurance as a singularly minded figure in American-based, improvised music. Recommended." Michael G Nastos, allmusic.com) 9 spår; speltid 69:40. Begagnad .