After the Morning (1992 John Hicks album)

After the Morning
Live album by
John Hicks
Released1997
RecordedJuly 8, 1992
VenueMontreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada
GenreJazz
Length71:34
LabelDominic Sciscente Music
John Hicks chronology
Single Petal of a Rose
(1992) 		After the Morning
(1992) 		The Missouri Connection
(1992)

After the Morning is a solo piano album by John Hicks. It was recorded in concert at the 1992 Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Recording and Music

This solo piano album by John Hicks was recorded in concert at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 8, 1992.[1]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

After the Morning was released by the Canadian label Dominic Sciscente Music.[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz identified the shorter pieces as highlights – "often little more than a theme statement and a brief, cadenza-like solo."[2][note 1] The reviewers described the piano sound as "respectable for the time, but a bit cavernous."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Hicks except where noted

  1. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 4:41
  2. "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing/Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 10:02
  3. "Mt. Royal Blues" – 4:52
  4. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:13
  5. "Monk's Mood/Reflections/Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:54
  6. "After the Morning" – 6:19
  7. "Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) – 7:25
  8. "Oblivion" (Bud Powell) – 3:45
  9. "Moment to Moment/Never Let Me Go" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer/Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 6:53
  10. "Some Other Spring/Some Other Time" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings/Hicks) – 5:17
  11. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 3:03
  12. "Midwest Blues (Blues on the River)" – 4:10

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ This source reviews the album under a heading that gives the recording and release information of a 1979 album with the same title, but the review is largely of the 1992 recording.

References

  1. ^ a b "John Hicks Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (7th ed.). Penguin. p. 773.