''Luminous'' is an album by pianist
John Hicks
Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...
and flautist
Elise Wood Elise Wood is a jazz flautist.
Biography
Wood studied classical flute in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, she moved from there to New York. There, she played in jazz groups, including with bassist Vishna Wood. They married, but were leading separate liv ...
.
Recording and music
The first recording session was on July 31, 1985, in New York City.
In addition to
John Hicks
Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...
on piano and
Elise Wood Elise Wood is a jazz flautist.
Biography
Wood studied classical flute in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, she moved from there to New York. There, she played in jazz groups, including with bassist Vishna Wood. They married, but were leading separate liv ...
on flute, bassist
Walter Booker
Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and ...
and drummer
Jimmy Cobb
Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...
played on three tracks, and tenor saxophonist
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player. While in Chicago, he performed with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some rhythm and blues groups. He moved to New York City in 1957, after ...
played on two.
For the second session, in the same city in September 1988, Booker and drummer
Alvin Queen played on two tracks.
On the tracks, Hicks "has a reflective, lyrical bent".
Releases
The album was originally released by
Nilva Records Nilva Records was a jazz record label in Geneva, Switzerland established by drummer Alvin Queen. The name is an anagram of Queen's first name.
History
Queen ran Nilva for ten years, then stopped during the 1990s when there were complications with ...
.
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jazzdisco.org. Retrieved July 10, 2017. It was reissued by
Evidence Music
Evidence Music is an American jazz and blues record label founded in 1992 by Howard Rosen and Jerry Gordon. The label's name comes from the song "Evidence" by Thelonious Monk.
The label's first releases were reissues of Sun Ra albums from the ca ...
, with four bonus tracks from the two original recording sessions added.
Reception
''
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which were (at the time of publication) currently available in Europe or the United States. The first nine editions were compiled by ...
'' commented that the album was "Attractive but disconcertingly low-key".
Track listing
Original release
#"Luminous"
#"Yemenja"
#"Ojos De Rojo"
#"
Blue in Green"
#"Motivation"
#"Expectation"
#"
Chelsea Bridge
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"
Reissue
For the reissue, four tracks were added to the seven on the original album:
#
"Osaka"
#"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is a song recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. The words were written by Ned Washington and the music was written by George Bassman. It was first performed in 1932. The original copyright is dated 1933 a ...
"
#"Upper Manhattan Medical Group"
#"Once in a While"
Personnel
*John Hicks
Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...
– piano
*Elise Wood Elise Wood is a jazz flautist.
Biography
Wood studied classical flute in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, she moved from there to New York. There, she played in jazz groups, including with bassist Vishna Wood. They married, but were leading separate liv ...
– flute
*Clifford Jordan
Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player. While in Chicago, he performed with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some rhythm and blues groups. He moved to New York City in 1957, after ...
– tenor sax (tracks 1, 2, 8)
*Walter Booker
Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and ...
– bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
*Jimmy Cobb
Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...
– drums (tracks 1–3, 8, 9)
* Alvin Queen – drums (tracks 5, 6)
References
{{Clifford Jordan
John Hicks (jazz pianist) albums