Groundbreaking composer-pianist-ensemble leader * Proclaimed “last great protégé" by Blue Note Records’ founder Alfred Lion * Legacy of over 40 recordings spanning just as many years * Expanded the jazz genre through “enigmatic harmony, elasticized rhythm, and a multilayered arrangement of texture and pulse” (New York Times) * Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Foundation of America * Named Jazz Composer of the Year five times by the Jazz Journalists Association, and received the JJA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 * Last release, Time Lines (Blue Note, 2006) voted Best Jazz Album by Down Beat magazine * Designated a NEA Jazz Master 2008
Andrew Hill: 21 Piano Compositions This marks the first published music by groundbreaking composer/pianist/ensemble leader Andrew Hill (1931-2007), called the “last great protégé” by Blue Note Records’ founder Alfred Lion. Foreword: Michael Cuscuna, Greg Osby Contributors: Joanne Robinson Hill, Ron Horton, Frank Kimbrough, Jeffrey Lovell, Jason Moran
