Chico Hamilton
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About
American Jazz drummer and bandleader who has been the bandleader on more than fifty albums beginning in 1955.
Before Fame
In his early days he was in a band with Charles Mingus. He was in the film You'll Never Get Rich, released in 1941.
Trivia
He was appointed to the President's Council on the Arts.
Family Life
His brother is actor Bernie Hamilton.
Associated With
He was Lena Horne's drummer for six years in the 1960s.
