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NICHOLAS / VIKLICKY / DVORSKY / WICKINS ~ ONE TWO THREE FOUR BEE BOSS 2020 ~ UK ~ Jazz Recorded: 2012 Released: 2020 This is a live album by an Anglo-Czech Jazz quartet, comprising of British saxophonist Julian NicholasFind albums by this artist and drummer Dave WickinsFind albums by this artist, and Czech pianist Emil ViklickyFind albums by this artist and bassist Petr DvorskyFind albums by this artist. The album presents seven tracks, one of which is an original composition by Viklicky and the rest are standards. The music was recorded in Leipzig, Germany, at the same venue where the duo album by Nicholas and Viklicky “Spring AwakeningFind albums with this title” was recorded a couple of years earlier. The album is dedicated to the memory of Wickins, who sadly died in 2019, and who was a highly respected and influential British Jazz drummer. The music is mostly within the modern mainstream Jazz boundaries, and offers a splendid aura of quartet cooperation and great individual performances by all four participants. The superb dialogue between Nicholas and Viklicky is the focal point if this recording, but the rhythm section supports the soloists with flair and imagination. The album is also a marvelous document of Wickins’ unique drumming technique. Nicholas displays his usual brilliant fluency and melodic sensitivity and Viklicky his piano virtuosity, and the whole affair is just a grand love affair of music making. Overall, although sadly an obscure album, released privately, it deserves to be listened to by Jazz connoisseurs and lovers of the classic Jazz quartet setting, which is presented herein in its full glory. Grab a copy, if you can!

Updated: 21/11/2025Posted: 21/11/2025

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