John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – On The Wings Of An Eagle (Remastered) (2007/2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – On The Wings Of An Eagle (Remastered) (2007/2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:43 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chesky Records

Hicks gained the spotlight working with Art Blakey, Betty Carter and Woody Herman in the 1960s and ’70s. He then migrated to avant-garde saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and David Murray before returning to the hard bop sounds of his Keystone Trio (with George Mraz and Idris Muhammad) and Power Trio (with Elvin Jones and Cecil McBee). In the 1990s he could also be found at the keyboard for the weekly gig of the Mingus Big Band. He recorded a string of albums, dedicated to the likes of Mary Lou Williams, Sonny Clark, Errol Garner, Billy Strayhorn, and Earl Hines. None of these tribute discs would be mistaken for the honored player, as Hicks (to his credit) could never play with anything but his beautiful sound.”This delightful trio recording was made in Chesky’s frequent venue for recordings – NYC’s St. Peter’s Episcopal Church – in March of 2006 and John Hicks passed away in May 2006. He had been appearing with this same trio most of the first years of this new century, but his long career encompassed solos, duos, quartets, and bands such as Woody Herman’s. Hicks also had played in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and accompanied vocalist Betty Carter. The nine tunes here will likely not duplicate tunes in most collections. Probably the most heard would be Sammy Cahn’s Dedicated to You. Some of the jazz greats represented as composers here include Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon and Tommy Flanagan. A Monk tune always seems to perk up any program, and in midst of this one is a bouncing Balues-Bolivar-Balues-Are. Bassist Williams contributes two tunes: his Strivers Jewels and Christina, and the session closes out with Hick’s own As Bird Fly, which is a tribute to another great pianist, Cedar Walton, and one of the two tunes which seem to tie in with the album title – a last-recording tribute to the great John Hicks.” (John Henry, audaud.com)

Tracklist:

1-1. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Minority (06:56)
1-2. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Fly Little Bird Fly (06:45)
1-3. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Strivers Jewels (08:07)
1-4. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Balues-Bolivar-Balues-Are (06:10)
1-5. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Cheese Cake (08:18)
1-6. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Dedicated To You (07:13)
1-7. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Minor Mishap (05:24)
1-8. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – Christina (05:15)
1-9. John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes – As Birds Fly (07:31)

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