Steadfast (John Hicks album)

Steadfast
Studio album by John Hicks
Released	September 19, 1991
Recorded	May 21, 1975, London, England
Genre	Jazz
Label	Strata-East SECD 9008 Bellaphon 660-51-010
John Hicks chronology
Hells Bells (1975) Steadfast (1991) After the Morning (1979)

Steadfast is one of two albums recorded by American jazz pianist John Hicks during his first studio session as leader in 1975. It was ultimately released on the Strata-East and Bellaphon Records labels in 1991.[1][2][3]

Hicks's material covers "decades-old standards, time-tested jazz works and his own [...] originals".[4] Critic Ken Dryden wrote that Hicks was "at the top of his game, with an excellent instrument and engineer in a London studio".[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One For John Mixon"	John Hicks	4:15
2.	"Lush Life"	Billy Strayhorn	3:28
3.	"Pensativa"	Clare Fischer	3:32
4.	"Sophisticated Lady"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	2:47
5.	"Hamp's Dance"	John Hicks	2:48
6.	"My One and Only Love"	Robert Mellin, Guy Wood	2:30
7.	"Steadfast"	John Hicks	5:33
8.	"Serenade"	J. Walters	2:08
9.	"Without a Song"	Vincent Youmans	3:54
10.	"In a Sentimental Mood"	Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz	2:12
11.	"Soul Eyes"	Mal Waldron	1:59
12.	"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"	Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin	2:57
13.	"The Bright Eyes"	John Hicks	4:27

Personnel

• Design – Ulrich Hofmann
• Digital mastering – Malcolm Addey
• Photography – Manfred Rinderspacher
• Piano – John Hicks
• Digital transfer – Duncan Stanbury

References

1. "John Hicks Catalog". Jazz Disco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
2. "John Hicks - Steadfast". musicstack.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
3. "John Hicks – Steadfast". Discogs. discogs.com. 1991. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
4. Dryden, Ken (May 2021). "Drop the Needle". The New York City Jazz Record. No. 229. p. 18.