John Hicks

FIRST EVER VINYL REISSUE

180 GRAM BLACK VINYL EDITION

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John Hicks works in some really wonderful company here – a trio with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Idris Muhammad – both of whom really add a lot to the date!

We're always big fans of Lundy's sound on bass – and his approach here has the same warm-rolling quality you'd find in his own best 80s work – really helping to push Hicks' lyrical agenda on the piano with a rhythmic support that's tremendous. Muhammad's pretty great too – definitely on the understated side of his talents, that nicely subtle sound he developed in the 80s – and Hicks, as always, is more than a cut above most of his contemporaries, and continues a long legacy of extremely soulful work on the keys of the piano.

PERSONNEL:

• John Hicks - (piano)
• Curtis Lundy - (bass)
• Idris Muhammad - (drums)

Recorded at Studio 44, Monster, The Netherlands, March 12, 1987

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Hold It Down
• A2 Pas De Trois
• A3 Monk's Mood
• A4 I Didn't Know What Time It Was

• SIDE B
• B1 Airegin
• B2 My Foolish Heart
• B3 Blue In Green
• B4 Coral Keys