Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Anyone familiar with Andrew Hill's music will find the cover to Andrew!!! a little bizarre, to say the least. Hill was one of the most intense and cerebral musicians on Blue Note's roster, incorporating avant-garde and modal techniques into his adventurous post-bop. The cover to Andrew!!! apparently is an attempt to humanize Hill -- it's a soft-focus close-up of a smiling Andrew Hill, who looks more like a teen idol than a serious jazz musician, and the first-name title is adorned with no less than three exclamation marks and a subtitle, "The Music of Andrew Hill," which suggests that it's an album of romantic, easy-listening standards. It's not. Andrew!!! is just as adventurous and challenging as any of his other albums, which is to Hill's credit. The pianist leads tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Joe Chambers through a set of six original songs. Often, the music has a floating, hypnotic quality, which only makes Hill's dissonance, unusual voicings, and complex arrangements more compelling than usual. Andrew!!!, if anything, is even less accessible than the previous Point of Departure, but its restless, searching quality and endlessly provocative music makes it just as successful.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/andrew%21%21%21-mw0000657159
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Reseña de Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Cualquiera que esté familiarizado con la música de Andrew Hill encontrará la portada de Andrew!!! un poco extraña, por no decir otra cosa. Hill fue uno de los músicos más intensos y cerebrales de la lista de Blue Note, incorporando técnicas vanguardistas y modales a su post-bop aventurero. La portada de Andrew!!! aparentemente es un intento de humanizar a Hill: es un primer plano de enfoque suave de un Andrew Hill sonriente, que parece más un ídolo adolescente que un músico de jazz serio, y el título está adornado con no menos de tres signos de exclamación y un subtítulo, "The Music of Andrew Hill", que sugiere que es un álbum de estándares románticos y fáciles de escuchar. Pero no es así. Andrew!!! es tan aventurero y desafiante como cualquiera de sus otros álbumes, lo cual es mérito de Hill. El pianista dirige al saxofonista tenor John Gilmore, al vibrafonista Bobby Hutcherson, al bajista Richard Davis y al batería Joe Chambers a través de un conjunto de seis canciones originales. A menudo, la música tiene una cualidad flotante e hipnótica, que sólo hace que la disonancia de Hill, sus inusuales voicings y sus complejos arreglos sean más convincentes de lo habitual. Andrew!!!, en todo caso, es aún menos accesible que el anterior Point of Departure, pero su inquietud, su calidad de búsqueda y su música infinitamente provocativa lo hacen igual de exitoso.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/andrew%21%21%21-mw0000657159
1 - The Griots - 6:02
2 - Black Monday - 8:54
3 - Duplicity - 6:09
4 - Le Serpent Qui Danse - 6:53
5 - No Doubt - 4:20
6 - Symmetry - 7:06
7 - The Griots (Alternate Take) - 5:04
8 - Symmetry (Alternate Take) - 6:31
Credits:
Bass – Richard Davis (2)
Design [Cover], Photography By [Cover Photo] – Reid Miles
Drums – Joe Chambers
Liner Notes – Don Heckman
Liner Notes [Reissue] – Michael Cuscuna
Mastered By [In 24-bit] – Ron McMaster
Piano, Written-By – Andrew Hill
Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson
Recorded on June 25, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Label: Blue Note – 0946 3 11437 2 4
Series: Blue Note Connoisseur Series
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: Oct 4, 2005
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/3596395-Andrew-Hill-Andrew
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