Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton passes away at 92

FILE - This June 22, 2004 file photo shows Chico Hamilton, a recipient of the he National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, performing a drum solo in the East Room of the White House during a reception to honor Black Music Month, in Washington. Hamilton, a distiguished jazz drummer, band leader and composer known for inspiring fellow and aspiring musicians, died Monday Nov. 25, 2013 in New York. He was 92.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) NEW YORK (AP) — Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton, an influential jazz drummer and bandleader who was an architect of the West Coast cool jazz style and was known for discovering young talent, has died. He was 92.








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