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 first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz post bop and jazz fusion Description above from the Wikipedia article Chico Hamilton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia