Andrew Hill - But Not Farewell (1991)
Artist: Andrew Hill
Title: But Not Farewell
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: Blue Note
Genre: Post-Bop, Avant-Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:03:22
Total Size: 335 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: But Not Farewell
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: Blue Note
Genre: Post-Bop, Avant-Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:03:22
Total Size: 335 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
1 Westbury
7:19
2 But Not Farewell
7:09
3 Nicodemus
8:23
4 Georgia Ham
17:18
5 Friends
5:41
6 Sunnyside
3:41
7 Gone
13:30
Andrew Hill - piano
Greg Osby - soprano saxophone (tracks 1-3), alto saxophone (tracks 4 & 5)
Robin Eubanks - trombone (tracks 1-4)
Lonnie Plaxico - bass (tracks 1-4)
Cecil Brooks III - drums (tracks 1-4)
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
This is a recommended set of stimulating post-bop jazz. Andrew Hill's highly distinctive piano playing and unusual compositions hint at the past while following their own rules. The feeling of polyrhythms is present in several of Hill's seven compositions on this CD. The tightness of the bass-drum team (Lonnie Plaxico and Cecil Brooks) is quite impressive, as is the blend of Robin Eubanks' warm trombone and Greg Osby's alto. Osby's angular improvisations, which seem out of place in standard bebop, sound perfectly at home in Andrew Hill's music. "Friends" features the altoist's lyricism in a duet with the pianist. Although the final two numbers (including the 13-and-a-half-minute freely improvised "Gone") are solo piano performances, it is the quintet tracks with Osby and Eubanks that are the main reason to acquire this disc.
This is a recommended set of stimulating post-bop jazz. Andrew Hill's highly distinctive piano playing and unusual compositions hint at the past while following their own rules. The feeling of polyrhythms is present in several of Hill's seven compositions on this CD. The tightness of the bass-drum team (Lonnie Plaxico and Cecil Brooks) is quite impressive, as is the blend of Robin Eubanks' warm trombone and Greg Osby's alto. Osby's angular improvisations, which seem out of place in standard bebop, sound perfectly at home in Andrew Hill's music. "Friends" features the altoist's lyricism in a duet with the pianist. Although the final two numbers (including the 13-and-a-half-minute freely improvised "Gone") are solo piano performances, it is the quintet tracks with Osby and Eubanks that are the main reason to acquire this disc.
