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Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in September 1962 and released in February 1963 on the Impulse! label.[2]

Passin' Thru
Studio album by Chico Hamilton
Released	February 1963[1]
Recorded	September 18 & 20, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:44
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Chico Hamilton chronology
Drumfusion (1960) Passin' Thru (1963) A Different Journey (1963)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[3]
Allmusic	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Drummer Chico Hamilton's debut on Impulse featured his fifth Quintet, an advanced hard bop unit that sometimes hinted a little at the avant-garde... this was a major band".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as noted

1. "Passin' Thru" – 8:16
2. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:11
3. "El Toro" (Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo) – 4:39
4. "Transfusion" – 2:42
5. "Lady Gabor" (Gábor Szabó) – 13:15
6. "Lonesome Child" – 5:41

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 18, 1962 (tracks 1-4), and September 20, 1962 (tracks 5 & 6)

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton – drums
• George Bohanon – trombone; percussion (3)
• Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone (1,2,4,6), flute (3,5)
• Gábor Szabó – guitar
• Albert Stinson – bass

References

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