Andrew Hill

©Andrew Hill/BLUE NOTE
Born: Jun 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL
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Died: Apr 20, 2007 in Jersey City, NJ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modal Music, Modern Creative
Biography: Andrew Hill was a great and even groundbreaking composer and pianist, yet the relatively circumscribed scale of his innovations might have originally caused him to get lost in the shuffle of the '60s free jazz revolution. While many of his contemporaries were totally jettisoning the rhythmic and harmonic ...Read full biography
Point Of Departure
Released: 1964
Label: EMI
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Pianist and composer Andrew Hill is perhaps known more for this date than any other in his catalogue -- and with good reason. Hill's complex compositions straddled many lines in the early to mid-1960s ...Read full review
Black Fire
Released: 1963
Label: Blue Note Japan
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Black Fire, Andrew Hill's debut record for Blue Note, was an impressive statement of purpose that retains much of its power decades after its initial release. Hill's music is quite original, building from ...Read full review
More Andrew Hill albums: Main Albums (39), Compilations (4)
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