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Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-Fi

The Chico Hamilton Quintet

Recorded	Nov 11, 1955 & Feb 13, 1956
Label	Liberty
Released	1955
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 305471

The record

Recorded live for Liberty, this date favors brushes and murmur over drive, with reeds, guitar, and cello folding into a single soft-edged texture. It stands as the quintet's clearest statement of chamber-jazz calm.

Session personnel

Buddy Collette — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
Carson Smith — bass
Fred Katz — cello
Chico Hamilton — drums, liner notes
Jim Hall — guitar

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.

1956	Pacific Jazz · PJ-1216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Press earliest on file
1956	Pacific Jazz · EP 4-45 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1957	Vogue Records · LAE 12045 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1957	Music · LPM 2019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	World Pacific Records · PJ 1216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	World Pacific Records · PFJ 5035 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Vogue Records · LAE 12045 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	World Pacific Records · PJ-1216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Columbia Hollywood Press
1978	Pacific Jazz · GXF-3106 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1978	Pacific Jazz · K23P 6707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1981	Pacific Jazz · K23P-6707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1987	Pacific Jazz · CP32-5355 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	Pacific Jazz · SGD-78 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
2001	Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-9445 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve