Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in September 1962 and released in February 1963 on the Impulse! label.[2]
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| Released | February 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 18 & 20, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:44 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [3] |
| Allmusic | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [5] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Drummer Chico Hamilton's debut on Impulse featured his fifth Quintet, an advanced hard bop unit that sometimes hinted a little at the avant-garde... this was a major band".[4]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Charles Lloyd except as noted
- "Passin' Thru" – 8:16
- "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:11
- "El Toro" (Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo) – 4:39
- "Transfusion" – 2:42
- "Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó) – 13:15
- "Lonesome Child" – 5:41
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 18, 1962 (tracks 1-4), and September 20, 1962 (tracks 5 & 6)
Personnel
edit- Chico Hamilton – drums
- George Bohanon – trombone; percussion (3)
- Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone (1,2,4,6), flute (3,5)
- Gábor Szabó – guitar
- Albert Stinson – bass
References
edit- ^ "Jazz Special Merit Album". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 7. February 16, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ Impulse! Records discography, accessed March 18, 2011.
- ^ Down Beat, May 9, 1963, Vol. 30, No. 11.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 18, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 92. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.