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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Cyrus Chestnut Spirit Jazz Legacy Productions 2009 John Hicks I Remember You HighNote 2009 Ray Bryant In The Back Room Evening Star 2009 Playing solo piano requires, among other things, a distinctive style and enough musical ideas to hold a listener's interest over a period of time. Three new releases feature players amply endowed with both...
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Apologetics 315 (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
The Existence of God is part of Collier Books’ Problems of Philosophy series. It is a collection of readings on the subject of the existence of God, selected and edited by John Hick, who is also a contributor. Although first published in 1964, this small 300-page book contains many of the principal arguments on the existence of God from some very notable thinkers. As this is a compilation...
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Iowa Geek (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
I love biographies. I am fascinated by them. Partially my fascination comes from the person the narrative is about; but another part, a more intimate part, comes from the amazing amounts of research an author puts in to their subject. I envy people who can focus on their subject and come to know them so well as to “know” their thoughts. A Separate Country: A Novel by John Hicks I’m not...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
... solo piano CDs, including the posthumously issued I Remember You from the late St. Louis native John Hicks . * Here's a review of saxophonist Oliver Lake 's new Organ Trio CD Makin' It written for for AllAboutJazz.com by Hrayr Attarian , who calls it "a very stimulating session that successfully marries the soul-jazz format of the organ/saxophone/drums trio to freer improvisations...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Committed to playing jazz, he even turned down an offer to work with the rhythm and blues legend James Brown. Since then, he has been called to play with such jazz greats as Gloria Lynne, George Benson, Jimmy Heath, Donald Byrd, Tony Bennett, Lionel Hampton, Geri Allen, Clark Terry, Stanley Jordan, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Tony O (of the Legendary Blues Band), Marcus Miller, John Hicks and...
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City Room (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Committed to playing jazz, he even turned down an offer to work with the rhythm and blues legend James Brown. Since then, he has been called to play with such jazz greats as Gloria Lynne, George Benson, Jimmy Heath, Donald Byrd, Tony Bennett, Lionel Hampton, Geri Allen, Clark Terry, Stanley Jordan, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Tony O (of the Legendary Blues Band), Marcus Miller, John Hicks and...
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Panhandle Truth Squad (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
As those of you who follow this blog will recall, a few days ago we had a discussion about media bias in the comments section. I just posted below and on The Amarillo Independent Web site a story about John Hicks no longer being chief executive at Baptist St. Anthony's Health System. When I referred to media bias and how different media outlets handle the actual information, this is a...