Andrew Hill - Andrew!!! (1964)

Tracklist

01 - The Griots
02 - Black Monday
03 - Duplicity
04 - Le Serpent Qui Danse
05 - No Doubt
06 - Symmetry
07 - The Griots (alternate take)
08 - Symmetry (alternate take)


Personnel:

Andrew Hill - piano
Richard Davis - double bass
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
Joe Chambers - drums

NDREW! finds the avant-garde composer and pianist Andrew Hill following up his landmark 1964 LP, POINT OF DEPARTURE, with a more flowing quintet session, featuring the estimable vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and Sun Ra tenor saxophonist John Gilmore (in a rare appearance outside of the Arkestra). This is the Blue Note sound of the '60s at its best, cutting edge yet beautifully produced with room enough for full, exploratory improvisations by all concerned. Hutcherson in particular provides a warm, fluent foil to Hill's more abstract conceptions, and Gilmore's bright tone and energetically structured solos bring even more fire to the mix. Andrew Hill remained somewhat underrated throughout his career, but few musicians of the time possessed his special intellectual integrity, the mark of a true composer. ANDREW! captures him in a peak period.