Chico Hamilton bittet zur Zeitzeugenstunde… Ted Panken hat hier zwei Interviews von 1994 und 1996 hochgeladen…
[… 1994]
TP: Before “Thermodynamics” we heard “The Chase,” one of the most famous sessions of that time, also for Dial, recorded in 1947, with Jimmy Bunn, Red Callender on bass, and Chuck Thompson, a very active and strong drummer.CH: He was a very good drummer. Very good. As a matter of fact, Chuck is still playing.
[… und dann 1996]
CH: […] Roy Porter and Chuck Thompson were the popular drummers around that time in L.A. when I got out. Roy was a Bebop drummer moreso than Chuck Thompson was.
schoener Kontrast zu Red Mitchell neulich, der meinte Thompson sei in den fruehen 60ern gestorben… die Wahrheit liegt wie so oft in der Mitte… aber man fragt sich schon: Hat Hamilton Thompson zB 1981 nochmal gehoert und dann 1992 gedacht, dass das noch nicht lang her ist… oder hat er einfach was verwechselt… das Interview hat auch wieder ein paar interessante Sachen rund um die Jefferson High School und ihre Schueler… El Chico war jedenfalls nicht in der Schulband
CH: Well, Sam Browne was a very good instructor, a very good teacher. But I don’t think he dug me and I didn’t dig him. I didn’t really take music in school. As a matter of fact, he used to give me hell because I was gigging at night, getting to school sometimes on time, sometimes not on time. I wasn’t in the school orchestra at that time, with Dexter and Jack and James Nelson and all those guys. As a matter of fact, I was working with Lorenzo Flournoy working for Billy Berg, at his first place, called the Club Capri.
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