Title: Chico Hamilton Quintet – Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-Fi
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Los Angeles, California
Matrix #: PJ-1216
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks good, some light marks (CC)

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Hamilton came out of Black Central Avenue’s segregated L.A. scene; players from that world later said its history got pushed aside.
2. Scene Ecology: This reeds-cello-guitar lineup helped define chamber jazz years before that term became standard shorthand.
3. Political Science: Quintet member Buddy Collette helped merge L.A.’s segregated Black and white musicians’ unions in the early 1950s.

4/7/2026 CC