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We have to thank Blue Note boss Alfred Lion. He was so convinced something special was happening with Andrew Hill’s music that he financed as many sessions/albums as possible, even though he knew Blue Note was in meltdown and wouldn’t be able to find a place on its release schedule for many of the recordings. These were for posterity and the future – that’s us! Now, as part of the excellent series of reissues from Hill’s 1960s Blue Note catalogue, Michael Cuscuna has recovered this completely unreleased album from the vault. It’s a unique one (but then they all are). Recorded in 1969more… the line up is Hill-piano, Ron Carter-bass, a young Lenny White-drums, plus an expanded brass section of six top-notch players (including Woody Shaw, Joe Farrell, Julian Priester) on trumpet, sax, clarinet, trombone, tuba, French horn etc. Hill’s compositions are cut from the same cloth as the “Grass Roots” album, with a similar touch of soul-jazz – but the instrumentation gives this a very different feel. It sounds at times like a slightly funked-up, spaced-out marching band – but a lot more focused/accessible than Art Ensemble or Anthony Braxton ventures into this territory. Maybe “Passing Ships” is not for newcomers to Andrew Hill, but if you are already collecting the series this is another intriguing piece to the jigsaw.

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Music > Albums

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CD

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Retail

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Andrew Hill - Passing Ships (2003) Retail CD

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Inside

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