biography
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Hamilton, Chico
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originally Foreststorn Hamilton
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1921– )
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| biography:
| Musician, born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He played trumpet with Count Basie, Woody Herman, and other major bands. A talented drummer, prominent in the West Coast ‘cool jazz’ movement, he first recorded with Slim and Slam in 1941, and worked with Lena Horne for many years. He also provided the drumming for several film soundtracks, including Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's Road To Bali (1952). |
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