East Side Blues

East Side Blues
Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedApril 8, 1988
StudioBig Box 901 Studio, Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz
Length53:43
LabelDIW
DIW 8028
ProducerShigenobu Mori, John Hicks & Bobby Watson
John Hicks chronology
Luminous
(1985–88)
East Side Blues
(1988)
Naima's Love Song
(1988)

East Side Blues is an album by pianist John Hicks's Trio recorded in Japan in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This album is explosive and substantive".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Hicks except where noted.

  1. "East Side Blues" - 7:10
  2. "Yemenja" - 6:03
  3. "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 7:18
  4. "Out of Somewhere" - 6:44
  5. "Mou's Move" - 7:15
  6. "Is That So?" - 8:01
  7. "Somedity - 4:32
  8. "A Beautiful Friendship" - 6:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ John Hicks discography, accessed July 15, 2014
  2. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 15, 2014