Foreststorn Chico Hamilton was a legendary jazz drummer and bandleader who was born September 20, 1921 in Los Angeles. He had an excellent musical education and formed a band with his classmates Charles Mingus and Illinois Jacquet. Engagements with Slim Hampton, Lionel Hampton
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