Gongs East!

Gongs East! is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet.[2] It was recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.[3] the album features some of the earliest recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Gongs East!
Studio album by
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released1959
RecordedDecember 29 & 30, 1958
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length38:15
LabelWarner Bros. WS 1271[1]
Chico Hamilton chronology
The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached
(1958)		 Gongs East!
(1959)		 The Three Faces of Chico
(1959)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Dolphy has quite a few short solos on this rewarding music... Recommended."[4]

Track listing
  1. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin) - 2:59
  2. "Where I Live" (Gerald Wilson) - 2:57
  3. "Gongs East" (Chico Hamilton) - 5:04
  4. "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (Traditional) - 4:03
  5. "Good Grief, Dennis" (Carlson Smith) - 3:17
  6. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) - 3:04
  7. "Tuesday at Two" (Wilson) - 3:59
  8. "Nature by Emerson" (Fred Katz) - 4:48
  9. "Far East" (Nat Pierce) - 4:38
  10. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:04

Personnel

References
  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. Gioia, Ted (October 16, 1998). West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520217294 – via Google Books.
  3. Eric Dolphy Catalog accessed June 4, 2015
  4. Yanow, Scott. Gongs East! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 92. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.


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