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Released
  
August 29, 2000

Artist
  
John Hicks

Producer
  
Genre
  
Length
  
52:01

Release date
  
29 August 2000

Label
  
HighNote Records

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Recorded
  
June 19, 1998Audiomation Studio, Pittsburgh, PA

Impressions of Mary Lou(1998)
  
Hicks Time Solo Piano(1999)

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Impressions of Mary Lou is an album by pianist John Hicks which was recorded in 1997 and released on the HighNote label. The album features eight compositions by Mary Lou Williams along with five by Hicks.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic reviewed the album stating "What is so compelling about Hicks' salute to Williams is that he ignores her best known secular works; he sticks mostly to excerpts from her religious compositions, which, of course, still swing mightily... Recommended". JazzTimes said "Hicks does a good job getting inside the tunes and developing them in his own way... Admirers of Hicks and Williams should enjoy this well-executed homage".

Track listing

All compositions by Mary Lou Williams except as indicated

  1. "Lord Have Mercy" - 4:31
  2. "Ballad for Mary Lou" (John Hicks) - 3:21
  3. "O.W." - 4:08
  4. "Old Time Spiritual" - 3:45
  5. "Mary Lou's Interlude" (Hicks) - 4:09
  6. "Medi II" - 7:54
  7. "Not Just Your Blues" (Hicks) - 4:31
  8. "Intermission" (Williams, Milton Suggs) - 4:58
  9. "Not Too Straight" (Hicks) - 4:03
  10. "Two for You" (Hicks) - 4:31
  11. "Aries" - 2:15
  12. "The Lord Says" - 3:55

Personnel

  • John Hicks - piano
  • Dwayne Dolphin - bass
  • Cecil Brooks III - drums
  • Production

  • Cecil Brooks III - producer
  • George Heid - engineer
  • Songs

    1Lord Have Mercy4:32
    2Ballad for Mary Lou3:22
    3OW4:09

    References

    Impressions of Mary Lou Wikipedia


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