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
Works by Andrew Hill include: Erato (1965)-jazz quintet A Beautiful Day (2002)-big band Time Lines (2006)-jazz combo
“Like Hines, Tatum, and Monk before him, Andrew Hill pushes jazz to new ground.” Playboy, 2006 Jazz Artist of the Year
"...one of the 1960's jazz heroes..." New York Times
