After the Morning (1992 John Hicks album) explained

After the Morning
Type:	Live
Artist:	John Hicks
Cover:	After the Morning (1992 John Hicks album).jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	July 8, 1992
Venue:	Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	71:34
Label:	Dominic Sciscente Music
Chronology:	John Hicks
Prev Title:	Single Petal of a Rose
Prev Year:	1992
Year:	1992
Next Title:	The Missouri Connection
Next Year:	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.

Release and reception

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." The reviewers described the piano sound as "respectable for the time, but a bit cavernous."

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

• John Hicks – piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/john-hicks/catalog "John Hicks Catalog"