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Andrew Hill

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Andrew Hill (born June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Hill first recorded as a sideman in 1955, but his reputation was made by his Blue Note recordings as leader from 1963 to 1969, which featured several other important post-bop musicians including Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and Tony Williams, as well as two of John Gilmore's rare outings away from Sun Ra. Hill also played on albums by Hutcherson (Dialogue

Releases · 4

heatmap 3.81–3.85★
Rating Year Title Plays
3.82/53k ratings 1964 Black Fire
3.81/52k ratings 1964 Judgment
3.85/55k ratings 1965 Point of Departure
3.84/52k ratings 1967 Compulsion