Andrew!!!

Andrew Hill

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: June 25, 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000B66PN4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,580 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The work of this unique pianist and composer is marked invention. This 1964 quintet session features John Gilmore, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Joe Chambers, all peers who grasp his concepts perfectly. Two alternate takes have been added to the original album.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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 TOP TEN!!!, November 9, 2006

By	Milan Simich - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of my Top Ten albums. Bought it in 1968 when it came out. It was cut out almost immediately and disappeared until now. Hill sounds so relaxed, Hutcherson is Bobby, Richard Davis is amazing, Chambers plays like the pro he was/is and there is Gilmore! The Legendary John Gilmore!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	L. Barnes "Trumpeter Too" (Mt. Vernon, New York United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.