Chico Hamilton Trailers
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Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz, post bop, and jazz fusion.
Most Popular Chico Hamilton Trailers
Total trailers found: 16
30 December 1993
An American film critic flies to Berlin to investigate the life of German filmmaker Murnau. After meeting his former girlfriend and finding a statue near Murnau’s tomb, he begins a strange mystic journey through time and space: a romantic unification of the ancient and modern world, suspicions and memories, art and life.
28 March 1960
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience.
01 June 1965
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men).
17 April 2009
The true story of a British heiress's love for jazz genius Thelonious Monk.
08 May 1982
Angie and Helen are in love. They live and work together designing women's evening wear in Vancouver.
20 August 1975
A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
04 July 1957
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas.
05 June 1987
Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make native New Yorkers dance uncontrollably.
31 December 1961
This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the music of jazz great Chico Hamilton.
27 December 1967
Hippies, peace-niks, students, beautiful girls, civil righters, old ladies and more, protest the war. Who dares to say that they don't influence the mainstream?
10 March 1974
Confessor, a city-dweller who has “bugged” several telephone lines, hears the stories of: a woman who wishes for a white knight but realizes the man is sterile upon his arrival; a woman living with a mannequin that takes the place of a husband; and females who attend parties in the nude.
06 October 2001
"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear.
31 January 1975
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco.
01 January 1960
CAT AND MOUSE is Jim Henson’s second and more ambitious interpretation of a composition from jazz drummer Chico Hamilton whom Jim met and collaborated with in 1961.
01 January 1962
An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.
01 January 1968
"This film depicts how people around the world benefit from innovations developed by the U.S. space program.
