{"product_id":"el-chico-verve-vault-lp","title":"El Chico (Verve Vault LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eAlready a noted bandleader after logging time as a sideman for Count Basie, Lester Young, Lena Horne and others, drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eChico Hamilton \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003efound himself at the crossroads of stylistic expansion on 1966's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Chico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e. The album came at a time when the sound of bossa nova galvanized jazz listeners, and Hamilton reacted in his own unique way, incorporating the sound of the genre alongside his own avant-garde touches. Hamilton's line-up — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eJimmy Cheatham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e on trombone, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eSadao Watanabe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e on alto saxophone, guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eGábor Szabó\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e, bassist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eAlbert Stinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eWillie Bobo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003eVictor Pantoja\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.98rem;\"\u003e augmenting Hamilton on percussion — gives the album its vivid character, combining melodic openness with richly layered rhythm and texture. The mix of originals (\"El Moors,\" \"Helena,\" the group-written \"Conquistadores\") and outside material (Barbra Streisand's \"People,\" \"This Dream,\" \"Marcheta\") underscore the group’s adventurous, cross-cultural approach, as well as Hamilton's embrace of global influences for a more exploratory, rhythm-driven sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Platenzaak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62764006703491,"sku":"0199957337533","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/8923\/1139\/files\/0199957337533-transparent-002.webp?v=1791459200","url":"https:\/\/www.platenzaak.nl\/en\/products\/el-chico-verve-vault-lp","provider":"Platenzaak.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}