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Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album)

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Passin' Thru
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1963[1]
RecordedSeptember 18 & 20, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:44
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Chico Hamilton chronology
Drumfusion
(1960)
Passin' Thru
(1963)
A Different Journey
(1963)

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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as noted

  1. "Passin' Thru" – 8:16
  2. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:11
  3. "El Toro" (Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo) – 4:39
  4. "Transfusion" – 2:42
  5. "Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó) – 13:15
  6. "Lonesome Child" – 5:41

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Jazz Special Merit Album". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 7. February 16, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Impulse! Records discography, accessed March 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Down Beat, May 9, 1963, Vol. 30, No. 11.
  4. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 18, 2011.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 92. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.