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:  Dance With Death (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2023)

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 A:

 1.  Yellow Violet (5:32)

 2.  Partitions (5:52)

 3.  Fish In Rice (7:31)

Side B:

 1.  Dance With Death (6:40)

 2.  Love Nocturne (6:44)

 3.  Bac Sabbath (6:24)

Personnel:

Andrew Hill:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet

Joe Farrell:  Soprano Saxophone on Track A1, Tenor Saxophone on Track A2, A3, B1-3

Victor Sproles:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Dance With Death is a studio album by Andrew Hill, originally in 1980 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on March 3, 2023 by Blue Note Records.   Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.