INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Chico Hamilton: Living the Beat

By: Ryan Dembinsky Are people born with rhythm? Chico Hamilton by Todd Boebel Sitting down at the kitchen table inside 88-year-old jazz legend Chico Hamilton's midtown Manhattan apartment, chewing the fat about jazz music and his storied career as a drummer and bandleader - a career that includes holding court for jazz royals "Duke" Ellington and "Count" Basie, playing storied musical engagements with his school kid pal Charles Mingus, receiving a living legend of jazz award from the Kenned...

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