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John Hicks

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Mr. Hicks, born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1941, was the eldest of five children. His parents, Reverend Doctor John J. Hicks and the former Pollie Louise Bledsoe of Atlanta, both deceased, moved to Los Angeles when Mr. Hicks was an infant. That is where Hicks received his first piano lessons under the tutelage of his mother.

When Hicks was fifteen, the family moved to Saint Louis, Missouri in order for the Reverend Hicks to take over the pulpit of Union Memorial Methodist Church. After graduating high school and attending Lincoln University, the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, and Julliard School of Music in New York City, Hicks relocated to New York City from St. Louis by accepting his first road gig with Della Reese. That was over 40 years ago.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Several Silent Ways & More

Read "Several Silent Ways & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


The arrival of a new Anthony Wilson album with his interpretation of Joe Zawinul's “In A Silent Way" lead me to dig out other versions--a live rendition by Weather Report plus the two versions from the The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions box set release by Miles Davis. Zawinul's haunting melody is the centrepiece of ...

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Article: Album Review

The Dam Jawn: Forward!

Read "Forward!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


An addendum to the title of the Amsterdam-based quintet Dam Jawn's latest album, Forward!, reads “featuring Dick Oatts," which is perfectly suitable, as the acclaimed alto saxophonist plays a pivotal role in the tight-knit group's latest discourse, as he did on its earlier recording, Master Street (Challenge Records, 2023). For those who may ...

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Article: Album Review

Hans Luchs: The Spell is Broken

Read "The Spell is Broken" reviewed by Artur Moral


The third record by NYC-based guitarist Hans Luchs arrives six years after his praiseworthy--but largely overlooked--sophomore release, Until Next Time (Self Produced, 2018). As with that album, the Chicagoan embraces the well-known motto of “less is more," distilling his guitar expertise and writing talent into less than forty minutes across eight new original compositions.

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Live at Captain's Cabin

Label: Reel to Real
Released: 2024
Track listing:
CD 1:
Black Vibrations; Earl's World; Impact; Compassion.
CD 2:
Truth; Repetition; Stretch.

Album

Live at the Captain's Cabin

Label: Reel to Real Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Disc 1: Black Vibrations; Earl's World; Impact; Compassion. Disc 2: Truth; Repetition; Stretch.

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Article: Album Review

Charles Tolliver Music Inc.: Live at the Captain's Cabin

Read "Live at the Captain's Cabin" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Charles Tolliver's Live at the Captain's Cabin is a previously unheard two-CD set captured at an intimate venue in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 24, 1973, produced for release on Reel to Real Recordings by tenor saxophonist and jazz entrepreneur Cory Weeds. The synergy and spontaneity heard in this session can only come from a group accustomed ...

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Article: In Pictures

Jae Sinnett Quintet Featuring Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti at the Attucks Theater

Read "Jae Sinnett Quintet Featuring Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti at the Attucks Theater" reviewed by Mark Robbins


Since the mid-'70s, when he came to this part of Southeastern Virginia to serve in the Navy, Jae Sinnett's name has become synonymous with excellent jazz drumming nationally and internationally. His first album as a leader, Obsession (Self Produced), was released in 1986 and featured Frank Foster, John Hicks, Wallace Roney, Steve Wilson and Clarence Seay. ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Cedar Walton One Flight Down

Read "Cedar Walton One Flight Down" reviewed by Thomas Conrad


They are thinning out: the ranks of pianists who can trace their lineage directly back to primary sources like J.J. Johnson, the early Jazz Messengers of Art Blakey, and the Jazztet of Art Farmer and Benny Golson. In the last few years, we have lost Tommy Flanagan, Mal Waldron, Roland Hanna, Dodo Marmarosa, Russ Freeman, Frank ...

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Article: Liner Notes

John Swana: Philly Gumbo

Read "John Swana: Philly Gumbo" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


It seems like a case of the big fish swimming in a small pond. So while Philadelphia native John Swana currently chooses to make his home in the city of Brotherly Love, it's clearly evident that this world-class musician could succeed easily in the Big Apple, the undisputed center of jazz activity in America. Taking up ...


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