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Andrew Hill: Illusion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is Andrew with a funky rhythm section and string quartet, and Bennie Maupin enters pretty far into the song. At ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Jobic Le Masson: Hill (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 19, 09

The title of this track has nothing to do with geography or landscapes. It's a dedication to the late Andrew Hill, on...

Nels Cline: Reconciliation / New Monastery (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

Today, Nels Cline is best known for touring the world with Wilco, Chicago's (and America's) finest rock 'n' roll band...

Andrew Hill: The Brown Queen (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

"The Brown Queen" is a representative example of the unusual combination of angular disjointedness and warm lyricism ...

Andrew Hill: Noon Tide (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 04, 09

Featuring a nonet of odd yet brilliantly selected instrumentation, Passing Ships was one of many challenging Andrew H...

Andrew Hill: Dusk (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 20, 08

This project was initially spurred by Hill's re-creation of the instrumentation from his classic 1964 Point of Depart...

Andrew Hill: Refuge (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 20, 08

This opening track from Andrew Hill's Point of Departure LP may not have made as much money for Blue Note as its othe...

Andrew Hill: Siete Ocho (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Most of Andrew Hill's Blue Note sessions of the '60's featured horns, but on Judgment only Hutcherson's vibes joined ...

Andrew Hill: Golden Spook (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

Andrew Hill's mid-1970s recordings are not as renowned as the music he made for Blue Note a few years prior, partly...

Andrew Hill: Siete Ocho (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is a fascinating intersection, because we have Andrew Hill with Elvin Jones, two powerful forces. Also, Hill and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Andrew Hill: Divine Revelation (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

"Divine Revelation" from Andrew Hill's A Beautiful Day, a live big band date recorded at Birdland in 2002, is an exam...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Andrew Hill: Mist Flower (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

Andrew Hill has the extraordinary ability—with both his composing and improvising—to make everything sound like a bal...

Andrew Hill: Black Fire (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

In the mid-1960s, pianist/composer Andrew Hill was testing the waters of the avant-garde while keeping one foot plant...

Andrew Hill: Black Fire (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Andrew Hill ranks among the most original composers and pianists of his day and, indeed, the 20th century. Like so ma...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

Andrew Hill: Erato (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

“Erato” is a masterpiece, one of many by Andrew Hill that I could have chosen for this list. It’s named for the Gree...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Andrew Hill: Soul Special (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

With Andrew Hill, one of Blue Note’s more idiosyncratic and challenging pianists, listeners can expect surprises—but ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Andrew Hill & Chico Hamilton: Watch That Dream (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 22, 08

This 2008 CD draws on a session from 1993 matching pianist Andrew Hill and drummer Chico Hamilton. Generally the bas...

Andrew Hill: Monkash (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 19, 07

This recording, which adds a string quartet to the conventional tenor-and-trio jazz combo, did not surface in store...

Andrew Hill: Verona Rag (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

Basically, what’s always drawn me to Andrew Hill’s music is that it’s so mysterious. It challenges your sense of what...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Andrew Hill: California Tinge (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is a great example of Andrew Hill’s abundant solo piano music from the ‘70s and ‘80s. It has a unique quality—th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

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