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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Passin' Thru | |||
| Producer | Oliver Lake, Richard Franklin | |||
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Hicks Time is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist John Hicks.
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Passin' Thru | |||
| Producer | Oliver Lake, Richard Franklin | |||
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Hicks Time is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist John Hicks.
All but two of the compositions are by Hicks. [1] The other two – "Reminds Me" and "Jest a Little" – were by Oliver Lake, who was also the album's co-producer, [2] along with Richard Franklin. [3] "Redd's Blues" is a tribute to pianist Freddie Redd. [1]
The album was released by Passin' Thru Records, [4] around 1998. [3] Hicks' playing was described by the JazzTimes reviewer as ranging "from the lush 19th century Romantic tradition through the vast-American-plains spaciousness of Aaron Copland, while also ingeniously incorporating the swinging phrasing of classic jazz and the challenging twists and turns of post-bop, as epitomized by longtime influence John Coltrane." [1]
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