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Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (1989)  Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 13, 2022
Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (1989)

Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 395 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 161 Mb | Scans included
Post-Bop, Piano Jazz | Label: Blue Note | # CDP 7 92051 2 | Time: 01:07:42

Andrew Hill returned to the Blue Note label (where he made many significant releases during 1963-80) for a stimulating quintet date with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, altoist Greg Osby, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Ben Riley in 1989. The pianist's six originals (which are joined by three alternate takes on the CD) his dense chords behind the other improvisers and his own unpredictable solos are not all overshaowed by his talented sideman, even Osby who is heard in particularly inspired form. There are no weak performances on this superb post bop effort, Andrew Hill's strongest recording in several years.

Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1965) [Japanese Edition 2003]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 9, 2023
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1965) [Japanese Edition 2003]

Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1965) [Japanese Edition 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 348 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 135 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note/Toshiba-EMI (TOCJ-9364)

Pianist and composer Andrew Hill is perhaps known more for this date than any other in his catalog - and with good reason. Hill's complex compositions straddled many lines in the early to mid-1960s and crossed over many. Point of Departure, with its all-star lineup (even then), took jazz and wrote a new book on it, excluding nothing. With Eric Dolphy and Joe Henderson on saxophones (Dolphy also played clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute), Richard Davis on bass, Tony Williams on drums, and Kenny Dorham on trumpet, this was a cast created for a jazz fire dance. From the opening moments of "Refuge," with its complex minor mode intro that moves headlong via Hill's large, open chords that flat sevenths, ninths, and even 11ths in their striding to move through the mode, into a wellspring of angular hard bop and minor-key blues…
Andrew Hill - Grass Roots (1968) [Japanese Edition 2014] (Repost)

Andrew Hill - Grass Roots (1968) [Japanese Edition 2014]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 443 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 162 MB | Covers - 308 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (TYCJ-81063)

As the '60s drew to a close, Blue Note spent less time than ever with adventurous music, since it didn't sell as well as soul-jazz or mainstream hard bop. So, it may seem a little strange that the label invited Andrew Hill back to record in 1968, two years after he last cut a session for the label. Hill's work for the label stands among the most challenging cerebral post-bop of the '60s, but there was another side of Hill that wasn't showcased on those records: He also had a knack for groove and melody, as indicated by his composition "The Rumproller," a hard-grooving hard-bop classic made famous by trumpeter Lee Morgan. That was the side that Blue Note wanted to showcase on Grass Roots. Hill and his band were working from the basic template of making a commercial hard-bop album, but nevertheless pushed themselves to challenging territory…
Andrew Hill - The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) [7CD Box Set] (1995)

Andrew Hill - The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) [7CD Box Set] (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 2,39 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 979 MB | Covers - 30 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mosaic Records (MD7-161)

Andrew Hill was one of the greatest pianists of the '60s, but he never quite received his due. Hill was a skillful, cerebral musician that consciously positioned his music between hard bop and free. He was at his peak in the mid-'60s, as his playing and composing continued to explore new territory. All of his seminal recordings for Blue Note between 1963 and 1966 are collected on the limited-edition, seven-disc box set The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66). During those three years, he recorded with an astonishing array of talents, including Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers, John Gilmore, and Kenny Dorham. The box features 15 alternate takes, including ten previously unreleased cuts and a composition that has never been released…

Andrew Hill - Compulsion (1967) [RVG Edition 2007]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 18, 2020
Andrew Hill - Compulsion (1967) [RVG Edition 2007]

Andrew Hill - Compulsion (1967) [RVG Edition 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 272 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 117 MB | Covers (20 MB) included
Genre: Avant-garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 74230 2 8)

Compulsion continues Andrew Hill's progression, finding the pianist writing more complex compositions and delving even further into the avant-garde. Working with a large, percussion-heavy band featuring Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn), John Gilmore (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Cecil McBee (bass), Joe Chambers (drums), Renaud Simmons (conga), Nadi Qamar (percussion), and, for one track, Richard Davis (bass), Hill has created one of his most challenging dates. The extra percussion is largely used for texture, as is the dueling bass on "Premonition," and that's one of the reasons why the record is so interesting - it's a provocative, occasionally unsettling set of shifting tonal colors. Hill's compositions often seem more like sketches and blueprints than full-fledged songs…

Andrew Hill - Pax [Recorded 1965] (2006)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 29, 2023
Andrew Hill - Pax [Recorded 1965] (2006)

Andrew Hill - Pax [Recorded 1965] (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 117 MB | Covers - 27 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 58296 2 4)

Pax is one of those seminal Andrew Hill albums that sat locked in Blue Note's vaults for a decade before the first five cuts here were finally released as part of a double-LP package in 1975 entitled One for One. The final pair, recorded at the same time, didn't see the light of day until they appeared on the limited-edition Mosaic Select Blue Note recordings a decade after that. The personnel on this disc is a dream band: Hill with Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis, and Joe Chambers. All of the these players but Hubbard had played with Hill before, and the telepathy is simply synchronistic. The opening cut, "Eris," is a sprawling blues clocking in at nearly 11 minutes. Full of Hill's knotty harmonics, and truly fiery playing by Hill and Hubbard, it's one of Hill's finest moments on record from the mid-'60s…

Andrew Hill - Judgment! (1964) [RVG Edition 2005]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 2, 2019
Andrew Hill - Judgment! (1964) [RVG Edition 2005]

Andrew Hill - Judgment! (1964) [RVG Edition 2005]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 296 MB | Covers (17 MB) included
Genre: Avant-garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 5 63842 2 4)

Augmenting his rhythm section of bassist Richard Davis and drummer Elvin Jones with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Andrew Hill records an excellent set of subdued but adventurous post-bop with Judgment. Without any horns, the mood of the session is calmer than Black Fire, but Hill's compositions take more risks than before. Close listening reveals how he subverts hard bop structure and brings in rhythmic and harmonic elements from modal jazz and the avant-garde. The harmonic structure on each composition is quite complex, fluctuating between dissonant chords and nimble, melodic improvisations…

Andrew Hill - Verona Rag (1987)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 11, 2019
Andrew Hill - Verona Rag (1987)

Andrew Hill - Verona Rag (1987)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 173 MB | Covers (7 MB) included
Genre: Piano Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Soul Note (121 110-2)

Although Andrew Hill in this solo recital does wonders with the standards "Darn That Dream" and "Afternoon in Paris" and contributes two other superior originals, it is his breakdown of his striding "Verona Rag" that is most fascinating, transforming the piece from a spiritual-type rag into a very advanced improvisation. Hill, a true individualist, embodies the best in creative jazz.

Andrew Hill - Andrew!!! (1968) [Reissue 2005]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 14, 2020
Andrew Hill - Andrew!!! (1968) [Reissue 2005]

Andrew Hill - Andrew!!! (1968) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 330 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 131 MB | Covers (10 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant-garde Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 11438 2 3)

Anyone familiar with Andrew Hill's music will find the cover to Andrew!!! a little bizarre, to say the least. Hill was one of the most intense and cerebral musicians on Blue Note's roster, incorporating avant-garde and modal techniques into his adventurous post-bop. The cover to Andrew!!! apparently is an attempt to humanize Hill - it's a soft-focus close-up of a smiling Andrew Hill, who looks more like a teen idol than a serious jazz musician, and the first-name title is adorned with no less than three exclamation marks and a subtitle, "The Music of Andrew Hill," which suggests that it's an album of romantic, easy-listening standards. It's not. Andrew!!! is just as adventurous and challenging as any of his other albums, which is to Hill's credit…
Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select 16 (2005) {3 Disc Set, EMI--Mosaic Records MS-016 rec 1967-1970}

Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select 16 (2005) {3 Disc Set, EMI–Mosaic Records MS-016 rec 1967-1970}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.15 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 509 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 125 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1967-70, 2005 EMI Music / Mosaic Records | MS-016
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano

Of all the volumes in the Mosaic Select series, this one, and the Big John Patton box, are the most satisfying, though for very different reasons. This one is a true collector's gem. For starters, all but six of the 31 cuts on this three-CD box are previously unreleased. For Hill fans who knew there was more in the can, this is a most welcoming find. The material here was completely composed by Hill and was recorded in five sessions between 1967 and 1970. The pianist and composer is found in three different settings, from trio to sextet and septet with some octet sides. The personnel here varies, too. The sextet sessions feature Hill with Bennie Maupin, Pat Patrick, Charles Tolliver, Ron Carter, and either Paul Motian or Ben Riley on drums. These are the earliest cuts here and they are solid as solid can be.