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Patti Wicks Trio: The Italian Sessions

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by C. Michael Bailey
February 7, 2007

Patti Wicks represents the historical apex of female jazz pianists/vocalists, with Nina Simone and Shirley Horn on one side and Patricia Barber and Dena DeRose on the other. Wicks has loads of talent and the unique ability to take the simplest cocktail jazz trifle and make it sound like Shakespeare. Her previous recordings, Room at the ...

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Basic Feeling

By Patti Wicks

Label: Studiottanta Fortuna Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: It Could Happen To You, Star Eyes; Zingaro; Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You; Like Someone In Love; The Blues Are Gonna Get You; We

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Patti Wicks/JazzGuests: Basic Feeling

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by C. Michael Bailey
April 20, 2005

Patti Wicks has a single malt voice and a Basie brevity in her pianism. Slipping under the MaxJazz radar, Wicks traveled to Italy to record with a native rhythm section of bassist Giovanni Sanguineti and drummer Giovanni Gullino. She was joined by the fine alto saxophonist Claudio Chiara, who provided tasty obbligato, comping, and solos to ...

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Love Locked Out

By Patti Wicks

Label: MAXJAZZ
Released: 2004
Track listing: Love Locked Out; After You; I Have the Feeling I

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Patti Wicks: Love Locked Out

Read "Love Locked Out" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 5, 2004

The term “torch singer” isn’t heard much nowadays but it’s an apt description of Patti Wicks, who sings from the heart, not the ego—and plays great piano too. She’s at her best on this album of sad-eyed ballads that, in her words, “expresses the driving force of all humanity, the need and desire to love and ...

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Love Locked Out

By Patti Wicks

Label: MAXJAZZ
Released: 2003
Track listing: Love Locked Out; After You; I Have A Feeling I

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Patti Wicks: Love Locked Out

Read "Love Locked Out" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 25, 2003

Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Patricia Barber, Norah Jones. The piano chanteuse is swinging into vogue in a major way. A smart move that the newest series in the MAXJAZZ arsenal is the vocal- piano series, and even smarter that the label elected Patti Wicks for its inaugural outing. Patti Wicks demonstrated an acute musical ...

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Room at the Top

By Patti Wicks

Label: Recycled Notes
Released: 1999
Track listing: I Hear a Rhapsody; Lilac Wine; How Deep Is the Ocean; You Don

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The Patti Wicks Trio: Room at the Top

Read "Room at the Top" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 1999

If there were more “room at the top --for Jazz artists, that is--here's one pianist who'd be knocking loudly on that elusive door known as fame. Patti Wicks, who's several light""years away from household name status even in south Florida, where she lives and performs, not only plays piano with as much warmth, elegance and charm ...