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Andrew Hill. Point of Departure.
This has an absolutely classic line up, with Dolphy, Dorham, Henderson on horns and a rhythm section of Hill, Richard Davis, and Tony Williams. Davis, the bass player, is the least well known, maybe, but even he played with Coltrane so he's no slouch. I love the border region between hard bop and avant-garde, which is exactly where this album is located. Ca. 1964 Blue Note was putting out music that still sounds fresh.
I discovered Hill ten or fifteen years ago trying to expand my knowledge of jazz around Mingus. Somewhere I learned about "hard bop" and (if I recall) read a book about it which, I think, talked about "the angry, intellectual bop of Andrew Hill". That got me interested. I think I started by signing Judgment! out from the library and really liked it, but I never did buy it. Listening to POD now.
ResponderEliminarI saw Davis with John Carter, Bobby Bradford, and Andrew Cyrille in Santa Cruz in the late eighties. Absolutely brilliant stuff played by all, Davis with a monster sound and brilliant bass solos. The only time I caught any of those guys!
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