Andrew!!!

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Andrew!!!
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Studio album by
ReleasedEarly April 1968 [1]
RecordedJune 25, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Post bop, avant-garde jazz
Length39:36 (LP)
51:03 (CD)
Label Blue Note
BST 84203
Producer Alfred Lion
Andrew Hill chronology
Point of Departure
(1964)
Andrew!!!
(1968)
Pax
(1965)
Professional ratings
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Andrew!!! is a studio album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded for Blue Note Records in 1964, but not released until April 1968, and subsequently reissued on CD in 2005 with two alternate takes. [4] It features Hill with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Joe Chambers, along with tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, in a rare session away from the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

  1. "The Griots" - 6:04
  2. "Black Monday" - 8:55
  3. "Duplicity" - 6:11
  4. "Le Serpent Qui Danse" - 6:55
  5. "No Doubt" - 4:23
  6. "Symmetry" - 7:08
  7. "The Griots" [alternate] - 5:06
  8. "Symmetry" [alternate] - 6:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Apr 6, 1968
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 702. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Michael Cuscuna, liner notes to the 2005 CD reissue.