Andrew Hill

Artist:  Andrew Hill
Born:  June 30, 1931. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died:  April 20, 2007 (Aged 75).  Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments:  Piano, Celeste, Harpsichord

Andrew Hill was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer from Chicago, Illinois.  He played with Miles Davis and Charlie Parker in Midwest and he moved to New York in 1961 to work with singer Dinah Washington.  His status remained largely inside knowledge in the Jazz World for most of his career.

Title:  Smoke Stack  (2020)
Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Smoke Stack  (5:00)
 2.  The Day After  (5:07)
 3.  Wailing Wall  (5:46)
 4.  Ode To Von  (4:29)

Side 2:

 1.  Not So  (6:24)
 2.  Verne  (5:48)
 3.  30 Pier Avenue  (7:06)

Personnel:

Andrew Hill:  Piano
Richard Davis:  Bass
Eddie Khan:  Bass
Roy Haynes:  Drums

Smoke Stack is the third studio album by Andrew Hill, originally released on December 13, 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on June 19, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Richard Davis, Eddie Khan and Roy Haynes.  Remastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.