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Chico Hamilton Quintet (Pacific Jazz). Thirteen of the dapper, low-keyed arrangements that have made Drummer Hamilton an important figure in the jazz of the West Coast. There are such oldies as September Song (in which the theme is only obliquely hinted at in the bass), but more new numbers such as Bass Player Carson Smith's Chanel #5, which is shot through with a wistful flute solo.
Love Letters in the Sand (Pat Boone; Dot). The idea of this resurrected oldie is that love rarely survives a high tide, but the message comes over with a haze on it. Singer Boone makes as good a case as he can with his easy young voice.
Honky-Tonk in Hi-Fi (Westminster). For the nostalgic or the audiophiles who collect memories or sounds as far out as the nickelodeon. The wheezing specimens at the Musical Museum at Deansboro, N.Y. rattle and plunk out antiques such as Waiting for the Robert E. Lee and The Sheik of Araby.