{"product_id":"el-chico-verve-vault-vinyl-lp","title":"El Chico (Verve Vault): Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready a noted bandleader after logging time as a sideman for Count Basie, Lester Young, Lena Horne and others, drummer Chico Hamilton found himself at the crossroads of stylistic expansion on 1966's El Chico. 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 — Jimmy Cheatham on trombone, Sadao Watanabe on alto saxophone, guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Albert Stinson, and Willie Bobo and Victor Pantoja 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\/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\u003eEl Chico\u003cbr\u003ePeople\u003cbr\u003eMarcheta\u003cbr\u003eThis Dream\u003cbr\u003eConquistadores = The Conquerors\u003cbr\u003eEl Moors\u003cbr\u003eStrange\u003cbr\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chico Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54290202689700,"sku":"5733753","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/6453\/4436\/files\/ChicoHamilton_ElChico_1LP-ProductShot_1000px_1.png?v=1792160343","url":"https:\/\/ukstore.everythingjazz.com\/products\/el-chico-verve-vault-vinyl-lp","provider":"Everything Jazz UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}