Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album)

Passin' Thru
Passin' Thru
Studio album by Chico Hamilton
Released	February 1963
Recorded	September 18 & 20, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:44
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Chico Hamilton chronology

Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in September 1962 and released in February 1963 on the Impulse! label.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Drummer Chico Hamilton's debut on Impulse featured his fifth Quintet, an advanced hard bop unit that sometimes hinted a little at the avant-garde... this was a major band".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as noted

"Passin' Thru" – 8:16
"The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:11
"El Toro" (Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo) – 4:39
"Transfusion" – 2:42
"Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó) – 13:15
"Lonesome Child" – 5:41

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 18, 1962 (tracks 1-4), and September 20, 1962 (tracks 5 & 6)

Personnel

Chico Hamilton – drums
George Bohanon – trombone; percussion (3)
Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone (1,2,4,6), flute (3,5)
Gábor Szabó – guitar
Albert Stinson – bass

References

^ "Jazz Special Merit Album". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 7. February 16, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
^ Impulse! Records discography, accessed March 18, 2011.
^ Down Beat, May 9, 1963, Vol. 30, No. 11.
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 18, 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 92. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] "Jazz Special Merit Album". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 7. February 16, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

[Impulse!_Records_discography-2] Impulse! Records discography, accessed March 18, 2011.

[3] Down Beat, May 9, 1963, Vol. 30, No. 11.

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 18, 2011.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 92. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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v t e Charles Lloyd
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Nirvana (1962–65) Discovery! (1964) Of Course, of Course (1965) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966) Dream Weaver (1966) Forest Flower (1966) The Flowering (1966) Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967) Journey Within (1967) Love-In (1967) Soundtrack (1968) Moon Man (1970) Warm Waters (1971) Geeta (1973) Autumn in New York (1979) Montreux 82 (1982) A Night in Copenhagen (1983) Fish Out of Water (1989) Notes from Big Sur (1991) Acoustic Masters I (1993) The Call (1993) All My Relations (1994) Canto (1996) Voice in the Night (1998) Hyperion with Higgins (1999) The Water Is Wide (1999) Which Way Is East (2001) Lift Every Voice (2002) Jumping the Creek (2004) Sangam (2004) Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012) Wild Man Dance (2013) I Long to See You (2015) Passin' Thru (2016) 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020) Tone Poem (2021)
With Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68)
With Chico Hamilton	Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960) Drumfusion (1962) Passin' Thru (1962) A Different Journey (1963) Man from Two Worlds (1963) Chic Chic Chico (1965)
With The Beach Boys	Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
With others	Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971) Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978) Celebration (Celebration, released 1979) Les McCann Sings (1961) Roger McGuinn (1973) Full Circle (The Doors, 1972) Vanished Gardens (2018)