Man from Two Worlds is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton , is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.-Early life through 1960s:Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso...

 featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse!

Impulse! Records

Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City...

 label. The CD reissue added four compositions from Hamilton's previous album Passin' Thru

Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album)

Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.-Reception:...

(1962) as bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although it tended to get overlooked at the time, one of drummer Chico Hamilton's finest groups was his 1962-1963 quartet/quintet...this band placed a stronger emphasis on melody and softer sounds than the more avant-garde groups of the time but still pushed away at musical boundaries".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

1. "Man from Two Worlds" - 5:53
2. "Blues Medley: Little Sister's Dance/Shade Tree/Island Blue" - 3:20
3. "Forest Flower: Sunrise/Sunset" - 10:11
4. "Child's Play" - 3:44
5. "Blues for O.T." - 4:34
6. "Mallet Dance" - 4:49
7. "Love Song to a Baby" - 3:47
8. "Passin' Thru" – 8:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Transfusion" – 2:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó
    Gábor Szabó
    Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 13:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Lonesome Child" – 5:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 18, 1962 (tracks 8 & 9) and September 20, 1962 (tracks 10 & 11) and December 11, 1963 (tracks 1-7)

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton
  Chico Hamilton
  Chico Hamilton , is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.-Early life through 1960s:Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
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• Gábor Szabó
  Gábor Szabó
  Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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• George Bohannon – trombone
  Trombone
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   (tracks 8-11)
• Albert Stinson
  Albert Stinson
  Albert Stinson was an American jazz double-bassist.Stinson learned to play piano, trombone, and tuba before settling on bass at age 14...
  
   – bass
  Double bass
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