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John Josephus Hicks Jr. (December 21, 1941 – May 10, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader of more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300. [1] After early experiences backing blues musicians, Hicks moved to New York in 1963.
10 mar 2023 · John Hicks, a bop-based pianist who was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the Woody Herman Big Band and the Betty Carter Trio during the 1960s, in addition to performing with Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, Etta Jones and innumerable others, died yesterday morning after being hospitalized with internal bleeding on May 9.
20 lip 2023 · His piano world was as varied as the spectrum of traditional jazz, to music of the world of pop, and then into the avant-garde. Like the name of the Benny Golson album New York Scene, Hicks was very much of that very scene — a true fixture in that city’s jazz-scape.
John Hicks, a pianist who helped define the mainstream jazz aesthetic of his instrument, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 64. The cause was internal bleeding, said his daughter Naima...
John Hicks, one of the most versatile and prolific jazz pianists of the past four decades, died of internal bleeding in New York City on May 10, 2006. He was sixty-four years of age.
9 kwi 2007 · A longtime fixture of the New York City jazz landscape, pianist John Hicks was an artist of uncommon versatility, moving effortlessly from pop standards to the avant-garde while retaining...
19 maj 2006 · John Hicks, 64, a versatile jazz pianist who combined strength and refinement while performing with many of the leading musicians of his era, died May 10 of internal bleeding at a New York...