''Man from Two Worlds'' is an album by American jazz drummer

Chico Hamilton Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, ...

featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the

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accessed March 21, 2011 The CD reissue added four compositions from Hamilton's previous album '' Passin' Thru'' (1962) as bonus tracks.

Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Although it tended to get overlooked at the time, one of drummer Chico Hamilton's finest groups was his 1962–1963 quartet/quintet...this band placed a stronger emphasis on melody and softer sounds than the more avant-garde groups of the time but still pushed away at musical boundaries".Yanow, S
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accessed March 21, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated'' # "Man from Two Worlds" - 5:53 # "Blues Medley: Little Sister's Dance/Shade Tree/Island Blue" - 3:20 # "Forest Flower: Sunrise/Sunset" - 10:11 # "Child's Play" - 3:44 # "Blues for O.T." - 4:34 # "Mallet Dance" - 4:49 # "Love Song to a Baby" - 3:47 # "Passin' Thru" – 8:16 (Bonus track on CD reissue) # "Transfusion" – 2:42 (Bonus track on CD reissue) # "Lady Gabor" (

Gábor Szabó Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age ...

) – 13:15 (Bonus track on CD reissue) # "Lonesome Child" – 5:41 (Bonus track on CD reissue) :*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 18, 1962 (tracks 8 & 9) and September 20, 1962 (tracks 10 & 11) and December 11, 1963 (tracks 1-7)

Personnel

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Albert Stinson Albert Stinson (August 2, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 2, 1969) was an American jazz double-bassist. Stinson learned to play piano, trombone, and tuba before settling on bass at age 14. After his graduation from John Muir High School in Pasade ...

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George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith (musician), Johnny Griffith, Paula Gr ...

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trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

(tracks 8-11)

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Chico Hamilton albums 1964 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Bob Thiele