With each successive release turning up the heat on the 85th Birthday celebration. He already issued \"Juniflip\" and \"Believe\" earlier this year. With \"6th Avenue Romp\" Foreststorn \"Chico\" Hamilton brings back the funk.

6th Avenue is where Chico lived in LA before moving to NYC in the mid-60’s, and \"6th Avenue Romp\" reads like an encyclopedia of patented Hamilton grooves. Whether it is that classic Conquistadors beat turning Cleo’s Mood into a guaranteed dance floor stomper, the swinging cymbal-snare-bass drum syncopation of You Really Got A Hold On Me and Take The A Train, the brush and stick bossa on I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever), or the bass drum back beat driven funk of Ain’t No Sunshine and Cleo’s Back, every track is a lesson in the Hamiltonian drum ethic.

Continuing the amazing run of guest spots are: vocalist Brenna Bavis and Allman Brothers drummer Jaimoe, trumpeter Jon Faddis, and guitarist Shuggie Otis. Reprising his special guest appearances on Chico\'s previous albums \"Juniflip\" and \"Believe\" is former Hamilton band member trombonist George Bohanon augmenting Chico’s working Euphoria group on the Paul Ramsey penned shuffle powerhouse Thunderwalk.

Slipping up inside songs out of the R & B cannon, Chico and his Euphoria group spin swinging bold and beautiful arrangements of timeless classics, always propelled by Foreststorn \"Chico\" Hamilton\'s hi-hat and ride cymbal.

Always hip and ever the consummate modernist, Chico invites the listner to join him and his cohorts in bringing back the funk on \"6th Avenue Romp\", illustrating why Foreststorn \"Chico\" Hamilton is a NEA jazz master and still the man for every generation!

Completing this celebration of Chico’s 85th year is the album \"Heritage\", hitting the street on September 19, 2006. These four unique releases are being pressed up in the cd with mini-lp covers format.