Andrew

Andrew Hill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000B66PN4
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars keep those blue notes coming, October 7, 2005

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Heavy Theta (Lorton, Va United States) - See all my reviews

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The 1964 recordings of Andrew Hill for Blue Note are nothing less than complete revelation. Point of Departure and Dialogue have been available more or less for some time, but the recent release of Black Fire and now Andrew lends to the undeniable conclusion that the young pianist was fairly bursting with creativity and talent to burn.

Andrew features are very interesting line-up, including a very sympathetic Richard Davis on bass and the always compelling Bobby Hutcherson on vibes. But the real surprize here is lifelong Sun Ra tenor giant John Gilmore. Hearing him in this small group is startling, if for no other reason than it is virtually impossible to distinguish his tone and angular runs from that of John Coltrane's transitional period a year later.

But Andrew, more than the other blue notes, is unmistakably the pianist's record, as he solos long and hard with the group staying mostly in support. The compositions are more personal, and a little introverted. It takes a few listens for them to start to dig beneath the skin.

Can't wait for Smokestack and, especially, Compulsion, which also features jazz's most reticent reed hero.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sleeper, March 20, 2006

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L. Barnes "Trumpeter Too" (Mt. Vernon, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andrew (Audio CD)

Andrew Hill is the most original pianist and composer in Jazz since Thelonious Monk and this recording, along with Andrew's "Point of Departure" is one of the greatest dates in Blue Note's catalogue during the 60's. Bassist Richard Davis understands Hill's conception like no other and John Gilmore, who is one of the greatest tenor saxophonist in the history of modern Jazz, never played better, with or without Sun Ra. There is no weak link in this date.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Andrew Hill Meets John Gilmore, November 27, 2005

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hj (London) - See all my reviews

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Latest in the amazing series of reissues from Andrew Hill's 1960s Blue Note catalogue. This was one of the six albums recorded during 1964 (though it wasn't released until 1968.) What is astonishing is not just that Hill was so prolific but that each album consists entirely of original compositions, all rigorously arranged and played (no extended jamming or interminable free blowing here...) Moreover each album has its own special angle & line up. If you've been following this series so far you won't need any recommendation to snap this latest up. All you might want to know is what the special angle is this time. The answer is that you have six compositions plus a couple of bonus alternate takes, all of which tend towards Hill's more cool, abstract side. The line up is Hill-piano, Richard Davis-bass, Joe Chambers-drums, Bobby Hutcherson-vibes, John Gilmore-sax. Yes that's right, John Gilmore as in the Sun Ra legend. After listening to Gilmore for years in lo-fi Saturn weirdness, it's a pleasure to hear him in post-bop mode cleverly negotiating Hill's complex arrangements, all captured in a pristine Blue Note recording by that nice Mr Rudy Van Gelder.