After the Morning (1992 John Hicks album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = After the Morning
| type = Live
| artist = John Hicks
| cover = After the Morning (1992 John Hicks album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = July 8, 1992
| venue = Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 71:34
| label = Dominic Sciscente Music
| producer =
| 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
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |first1=Richard |last1=Cook |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |first2=Brian |last2=Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |publisher=Penguin |edition=7th |year=2004 |pages=773}}
}}
After the Morning was released by the Canadian label Dominic Sciscente Music.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/john-hicks/catalog "John Hicks Catalog"]. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved August 8, 2017. The Penguin Guide to Jazz identified the shorter pieces as highlights – "often little more than a theme statement and a brief, cadenza-like solo."{{refn|group=note|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.}} 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
- "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 4:41
- "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing/Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 10:02
- "Mt. Royal Blues" – 4:52
- "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:13
- "Monk's Mood/Reflections/Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:54
- "After the Morning" – 6:19
- "Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) – 7:25
- "Oblivion" (Bud Powell) – 3:45
- "Moment to Moment/Never Let Me Go" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer/Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 6:53
- "Some Other Spring/Some Other Time" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings/Hicks) – 5:17
- "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 3:03
- "Midwest Blues (Blues on the River)" – 4:10
Personnel
- John Hicks – piano
Notes
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References
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