# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chico-hamilton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:22.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chico-hamilton"
name: "Chico Hamilton"
slug: "chico-hamilton"
description: "Foreststorn \"Chico\" Hamilton 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."
tagline: "American musician (1921–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chico_Hamilton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-09-20"
deathDate: "2013-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.58
  momentum:             0.1579501579501579
  historical:           20.03751733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357783/"
    handle:    "nm0357783"
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    handle:    "31NF3yc9DoAdh2bgR6mY04"
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    url:       "http://www.joyousshout.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "チコ・ハミルトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "치코 해밀턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chico Hamilton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump