Andrew Hill 1931 - 2007

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 four times by the Jazz Journalists Association, most recently in 2006 * Last release, Time Lines (Blue Note, 2006) voted Best Jazz Album by Down Beat magazine *

Works by Andrew Hill include:
Passing Ships (1969)
American Nikkei Symphony (1992)
Time Lines (2006)




“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