Steadfast (John Hicks album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Steadfast
| type = Album
| artist = John Hicks
| cover = Steadfast - album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 19, 1991
| recorded = May 21, 1975, London, England
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Strata-East SECD 9008
Bellaphon 660-51-010
| producer =
| chronology = John Hicks
| prev_title = Hells Bells
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = After the Morning
| next_year = 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.{{cite web|title=John Hicks Catalog|url=http://www.jazzdisco.org/john-hicks/catalog/|website=Jazz Disco|publisher=jazzdisco.org|accessdate=11 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=John Hicks - Steadfast|url=http://www.musicstack.com/discography/john+hicks/steadfast|publisher=musicstack.com|accessdate=11 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=John Hicks – Steadfast|url=https://www.discogs.com/John-Hicks-Steadfast/release/2657875|website=Discogs|year=1991 |publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=11 April 2016}}
Hicks's material covers "decades-old standards, time-tested jazz works and his own [...] originals".{{cite magazine |last=Dryden |first=Ken |date=May 2021 |title=Drop the Needle |magazine=The New York City Jazz Record |issue=229 |page=18 }} Critic Ken Dryden wrote that Hicks was "at the top of his game, with an excellent instrument and engineer in a London studio".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| total_length =
| title1 = One For John Mixon
| length1 = 4:15
| writer1 = John Hicks
| title2 = Lush Life
| length2 = 3:28
| writer2 = Billy Strayhorn
| title3 = Pensativa
| length3 = 3:32
| writer3 = Clare Fischer
| title4 = Sophisticated Lady
| length4 = 2:47
| writer4 = Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
| title5 = Hamp's Dance
| length5 = 2:48
| writer5 = John Hicks
| title6 = My One and Only Love
| length6 = 2:30
| writer6 = Robert Mellin, Guy Wood
| title7 = Steadfast
| length7 = 5:33
| writer7 = John Hicks
| title8 = Serenade
| length8 = 2:08
| writer8 = J. Walters
| title9 = Without a Song
| length9 = 3:54
| writer9 = Vincent Youmans
| title10 = In a Sentimental Mood
| length10 = 2:12
| writer10 = Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz
| title11 = Soul Eyes
| length11 = 1:59
| writer11 = Mal Waldron
| title12 = A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
| length12 = 2:57
| writer12 = Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin
| title13 = The Bright Eyes
| length13 = 4:27
| writer13 = John Hicks
}}
Personnel
- Design – Ulrich Hofmann
- Digital mastering – Malcolm Addey
- Photography – Manfred Rinderspacher
- Piano – John Hicks
- Digital transfer – Duncan Stanbury
References
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Category:Strata-East Records albums