{"product_id":"chico-hamilton-el-chico-lp","title":"Chico Hamilton - El Chico (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready a noted bandleader after logging time as a sideman for Count Basie, Lester Young, Lena Horne and others, drummer Chico Hamilton found himself at the crossroads of stylistic expansion on 1966's El Chico. The album came at a time when the sound of bossa nova galvanized jazz listeners, and Hamilton reacted in his own unique way, incorporating the sound of the genre alongside his own avant-garde touches. Hamilton's line-up — Jimmy Cheatham on trombone, Sadao Watanabe on alto saxophone, guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Albert Stinson, and Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja augmenting Hamilton on percussion — gives the album its vivid character, combining melodic openness with richly layered rhythm and texture. The mix of originals (\"El Moors,\" \"Helena,\" the group-written \"Conquistadores\") and outside material (Barbra Streisand's \"People,\" \"This Dream,\" \"Marcheta\") underscore the group’s adventurous, cross-cultural approach, as well as Hamilton's embrace of global influences for a more exploratory, rhythm-driven sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERVE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58853837734232,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/9403\/5259\/files\/Chico-Hamilton-El-Chico-Impulse-lp.jpg?v=1792428032","url":"https:\/\/3345.nl\/products\/chico-hamilton-el-chico-lp","provider":"3345 Record Store The Hague","version":"1.0","type":"link"}