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ON THE WINGS OF AN EAGLE John Hicks, piano Buster Williams, bass Louis Hayes, drums [SACD318] Recorded March 10, 2006 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York City.
When I was asked to write these notes, I anticipated sitting down with John Hicks to discuss this music and also talk about St. Louis, a city to which he and his family moved when he was 15. Unfortunately, he died at 64 on May 10 before our conversation could take place. When I interviewed his wife and musical partner, flautist Elise Wood, and expressed my regrets about the sit-down that never happened, she said, He loved to hang out and talk to people about the history of the music and the musicians. | |
(The Repertoire) will open up the ears of first timers and warm the souls of veteran listeners
. As long as we have music like this transcendent disc, the light of John Hicks will never go out. - Ira Gitler (October 2006)
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