Kalo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) I just received the following e-mail and thought it would be of interest: For Immediate Release: October 19, 2005 BLUE NOTE SIGNS ANDREW HILL MARKS THE PIANIST/COMPOSER'S THIRD ERA WITH THE LABEL Blue Note Records has resigned Andrew Hill 42 years after the iconoclastic pianist/composer recorded his label debut in 1963. The signing marks the beginning of Hill's third tenure with Blue Note over the course of his long and venerable career. His new quintet recording, Time Lines, which was produced by Michael Cuscuna and features trumpeter Charles Tolliver, saxophonist & clarinetist Greg Tardy, bassist John Hebert, and drummer Eric McPherson, is scheduled to be released on February 22, 2006. Considered "the next Thelonious Monk" by Blue Note founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, Hill first made a name for himself with a series of groundbreaking recordings for the label between 1963-1970 that included such classic sessions as Black Fire, Judgement!, Point of Departure, and the 1969 nonet recording Passing Ships, which was first released in 2003 after the original tapes were discovered in the Blue Note vaults. Hill returned to Blue Note in 1989, making two albums, Eternal Spirit and But Not Farewell, both of which featured the alto saxophonist Greg Osby and served as Osby's introduction to the label. Over the past several years Hill has made two critically-praised recordings for Palmetto Records, Dusk and Beautiful Day, that have won him several awards including the Jazz Journalist Association's Composer of the Year award in 2003. Edited October 20, 2005 by Kalo Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 I'm very surprised - and pleasantly so. After the recent news of his health, I hope this will be something that will be positive for Hill. It will be a joy to add some more Blue Note albums to the Andrew Hill discography on my website. Mike Quote
Kalo Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Posted October 20, 2005 Good news indeed. I hope that the recent reports about his health have been exaggerated. Quote
BFrank Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 ... and features trumpeter Charles Tolliver This is good news, too. It's nice to see Charles recording again. I wonder if a BN contract is in his future, too. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) ... and features trumpeter Charles Tolliver This is good news, too. It's nice to see Charles recording again. I wonder if a BN contract is in his future, too. ← One can only hope. Isn't this the first time Tolliver's been heard on record since about 1991 or '92?? Edited October 20, 2005 by Rooster_Ties Quote
BFrank Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 ... and features trumpeter Charles Tolliver This is good news, too. It's nice to see Charles recording again. I wonder if a BN contract is in his future, too. ← One can only hope. Isn't this the first time Tolliver's been heard on record since about 1991 or '92?? ← I have a Louis Hayes Sextet CD called "The Crawl" recorded live in 1989 that he appears on. Anything after that? Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Louis Hayes: Una Max (1989) Reunion Legacy Band: The Legacy (1990) Wendell Harrison: Forever Duke (1991) The little audio thing on his website was done in 1993. Mike Quote
sidewinder Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 This is great news indeed ! Coals to Newcastle Quote
bertrand Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) This is indeed great news, but didn't we already know this a few months ago thanks to Frank Kimbrough? I remember him mentioning the session, and my jokingly asking if this would be on death row records, and Frank said that it was Blue Note. Good to see Tolliver back in the studio. For those of you in NYC, the big band opens at the Jazz Standard tomorrow through sunday. Wish I could be there As for Andrew's health, as I posted elsewhere, I did get confirmation of the bad news from a musician who's been playing with him off and on in the last few years. I'm hoping he can make a full recovery - optimism is the best policy in this case. Bertrand. Edited October 20, 2005 by bertrand Quote
montg Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 As for Andrew's health, as I posted elsewhere, I did get confirmation of the bad news from a musician who's been playing with him off and on in the last few years. I'm hoping he can make a full recovery - optimism is the best policy in this case. What's wrong with his health? I can understand the label not wanting to look back too much, but Bobby Hutcherson sounds might good on the new SF Jazz Collective release. C'mon Blue Note, let's put that Norah dividend to use! Quote
mikeweil Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Good news in every respect - and best wishes for Hill's health! I hope Blue Note will sign more than one elder jazz master to justify the less jazzy stuff they have been focussing on recently. Enough singers - more instrumentalists of all generations! Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Does Andrew have something more going on than his past problem with arthritis (in his hands, I believe)? Kevin Quote
Gary Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...&hl=andrew+hill Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...&hl=andrew+hill ← More specifically this post (same thread, third post from the top). Quote
sidewinder Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Wow - somehow I missed the news about the illness. Thoughts and best wishes to Andrew. Edited October 20, 2005 by sidewinder Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 I had seen Frank Kimbrough's post about the album with Tolliver and very much look forward to hearing it. My best wishes as well to Mr. Hill, whose music has given me so much pleasure over the past 10 years. Quote
Spontooneous Posted October 21, 2005 Report Posted October 21, 2005 There won't be a press release when he's cut from Blue Note for the third time. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted November 14, 2005 Report Posted November 14, 2005 most recent promo photo (for the press for the new album with Tolliver)... Quote
chris olivarez Posted November 15, 2005 Report Posted November 15, 2005 Cool. Here's hoping his health recovers. Quote
Chalupa Posted November 19, 2005 Report Posted November 19, 2005 ON THE HORIZON Blue Note Records is filling up its 2006 calendar with noteworthy CDs, including a solo piano outing by Gonzalo Rubalcaba -- appropriately titled "Solo," arriving March 7 -- and a Wes Montgomery tribute by guitarist Pat Martino, out February 7. Pianist Andrew Hill, who began recording for the label in 1963, has re-signed with Blue Note for the third time. Coming up is a quintet release, "Time Lines," out February 21. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051119/music_nm/jazz_dc Quote
Alexander Posted November 19, 2005 Report Posted November 19, 2005 Definitely looking forward to both the Hill AND that Martino release! Quote
JSngry Posted November 19, 2005 Report Posted November 19, 2005 I'm sure the Martino will be just swell, but really - another "tribute" album? And by somebody who's worthy of a tribute themselves? Sorry, but for my tastes, "tribute" and/or "concept" albums are soooo latter-20th century and sooooooo Verve. Yeah, it's "good music" usually, but still... Bring on the original material, and/or the "non-conceptual" presentations. Enough is enough! Quote
Alexander Posted November 19, 2005 Report Posted November 19, 2005 I'm sure the Martino will be just swell, but really - another "tribute" album? And by somebody who's worthy of a tribute themselves? Sorry, but for my tastes, "tribute" and/or "concept" albums are soooo latter-20th century and sooooooo Verve. Yeah, it's "good music" usually, but still... Bring on the original material, and/or the "non-conceptual" presentations. Enough is enough! ← I agree. I'm just looking forward to some new Martino! The problem is that these "tribute" albums sell based on the name recognition of the artist to whom tribute is paid, rather than the artist actually making the music. I'm sure there were people who would never buy a John Scofield album who picked up his recent Ray Charles tribute. Although *I'd* never buy an album for that reason, I can see why that "name-brand" recognition tends to work. Quote
JSngry Posted November 19, 2005 Report Posted November 19, 2005 Yeah, but what bothers me is the image of people 50 years from now making tribute albums to tribute albums... Quote
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