John Hicks, Sweet Love of Mine - 53m 46s

Tracks & Durations

1. One Peaceful Moment	5:14
2. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry	7:07
3. Sweet Love of Mine	5:50
4. The Things We Did Last Summer	4:25
5. Once I Loved	5:38
6. Hold It Down	5:23
7. Mambo Influenciado	5:17
8. I Remember Clifford	6:18
9. Peanut Butter Two	5:07
10. Sunset Blues	3:20

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Review

The late pianist John Hicks' final recording finds him in a mellower, more mainstream setting than he was when hitting his artistic peak with the likes of David Murray and Pharoah Sanders. But with its finely etched solo performances, elegant standards readings by a quartet including tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson and Latin treatments by a quintet including flutist Elise Wood, Hicks' wife, Sweet Love of Mine amounts to an enjoyable overview of the qualities that made him special. With his background in blues, spirituals and bop (he was a rare alumnus of both the Jazz Messengers and that other famous "finishing school," Betty Carter's backing trio), Hicks had a world of styles to draw upon, but never let those seams show in his playing. The songs here unfold with consummate grace and, in the case of Benny Golson's beautiful "I Remember Clifford" and Hicks' own "Sunset Blues," posthumous emotion. --Lloyd Sachs--

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