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Which Andrew Hill should I get next?


GA Russell

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I've had only one Andrew Hill, Point of Departure, for a number of years. It never really clicked for me until I listened to it when he passed away.

I'd like to put another in my Your Music queue.

Quite a number of you are big fans of his, so I thought you could recommend to me one that isn't too weird.

Thanks!

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Judgment and Smoke Stack are the most straight ahead on that list. However, Black Fire is the first thing I would get after Point of Departure.

Guy

Of the ones you listed, I voted for Compulsion, which is one of my favorite Hill sessions and one I look forward to hearing again and again. Of course it's challenging, yet I find it fairly accessible. I think the extra percussion gives this date a very satisfying rhythmic feel.

But overall, I agree with Guy. Go with Black Fire first.

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Judgment and Smoke Stack are the most straight ahead on that list. However, Black Fire is the first thing I would get after Point of Departure.

Guy

Of the ones you listed, I voted for Compulsion, which is one of my favorite Hill sessions and one I look forward to hearing again and again. Of course it's challenging, yet I find it fairly accessible. I think the extra percussion gives this date a very satisfying rhythmic feel.

But overall, I agree with Guy. Go with Black Fire first.

Another vote for Black Fire here.

Also, you might want to check out Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue, which is practically a Hill date, since he not only plays piano on it, but also composed four out of the six tunes.

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Also, you might want to check out Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue, which is practically a Hill date, since he not only plays piano on it, but also composed four out of the six tunes.

Dialogue is a great date and quite a showcase for Hill the composer, but it has less of Hill the pianist than albums under his own name.

Guy

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I say Time Lines. Buy it, help keep it from being deleted, it's an amazing recording, one of the very best of the last years.

After that. . . Black Fire. . . one of my favorite Hills. And Smokestack. . . another big favorite. And Compulsion. These would be my top four Hills on Blue Note. (I have never been a fan of Point of Departure for some reason).

Or. .. just close your eyes and choose one, you can hardly go wrong.

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I voted for Judgment, if I was forced to choose something accessible. Nothing really new to add here, but Blackfire/Judgment/Smokestack really make a nice companion to POD, maybe because there were all recorded mostly around the same time. For more contemporary recordings, I find myself really digging his Palmetto output, especially Dusk. If you can, hunt down But Not Farewell and Eternal Spirit from his second stint with Blue Note.

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