Chico Hamilton’s Film Scores + Repulsion & Sweet Smell of Success
Chico Hamilton died at 92 (NYtimes)
Asked by Marc Myers of the website JazzWax how he got the name Chico, he said he wasn’t sure but thought he acquired it as a teenager because “I was always a small dude.”
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Soundtrack opening theme from Repulsion (youtube)
See a video of Chico Hamilton and Polanski from a link below.
Chico Hamilton Dancing to a different drummer (Very curious about this documentary)
White House drum solo. (youtube)