| Live at Montreux | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | July 20, 1975 | |||
| Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:17 | |||
| Label | Freedom | |||
| Producer | Michael Cuscuna | |||
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Live at Montreux is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, a live album of a solo performance recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Freedom label. [1] The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Duke Ellington tune.
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| Allmusic |   |
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Andrew Hill hadn't been recording much for a few years by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and one wonders why while listening to this very entertaining solo performance". [2]
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