Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce

Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce
Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released	1961
Recorded	November 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:28
Label	Columbia CL 1590 / CS 8590
Chico Hamilton chronology
That Hamilton Man (1959) Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960)

Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (full title The Chico Hamilton Quintet Plays Selections from Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce) is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton featuring jazz adaptations of tunes from the Broadway musicals Bye Bye Birdie and Irma La Douce recorded in 1960 and released on the Columbia label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic rated the album two stars.^[2]

Track listing

Side 1: All compositions by Marguerite Monnot

1. "Irma La Douce" - 3:52
2. "Our Language of Love" - 3:47
3. "From a Prison Cell" - 4:01
4. "She's Got the Lot" - 2:57
5. "There Is Only One Paris for That" - 3:41

Side 2: All compositions by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams

1. "A Lot of Livin' to Do" - 5:49
2. "Baby, Talk to Me" - 3:06
3. "Put On a Happy Face" - 2:42
4. "How Lovely to Be a Woman" - 3:55
5. "Kids!" - 2:38

Personnel

• Chico Hamilton - drums
• Charles Lloyd - alto saxophone, flute
• Nathan Gershman - cello
• Harry Pope - guitar
• Bobby Haynes - bass

References