Andrew Hill 85th Birthday Celebration: The Music Of Andrew Hill at Jazz Standard

This special two–night engagement celebrates the life and music of Andrew Hill (1931–2007) celebrating what would have been the pianist/composer’s 85th year, with music by a host of Hill disciples and former sidemen. “While many of his contemporaries were totally jettisoning the rhythmic and harmonic techniques of bop and hard bop, Hill worked to extend their possibilities; his was a revolution from within…As a pianist, Hill had a flowing melodicism and an elastic sense of time. Like his composing, Hill's playing had an ever–present air of spontaneity and was almost completely devoid of cliché.” (AllMusic)...

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This special two–night engagement celebrates the life and music of Andrew Hill (1931–2007) celebrating what would have been the pianist/composer’s 85th year, with music by a host of Hill disciples and former sidemen. “While many of his contemporaries were totally jettisoning the rhythmic and harmonic techniques of bop and hard bop, Hill worked to extend their possibilities; his was a revolution from within…As a pianist, Hill had a flowing melodicism and an elastic sense of time. Like his composing, Hill's playing had an ever–present air of spontaneity and was almost completely devoid of cliché.” (AllMusic)

Frank Kimbrough, on piano, will be joined by many former Andrew Hill sidemen including reeds master Marty Ehrlich and drummer Nasheet Waits to range freely over the artist’s wonderfully imaginative songbook from his late period music, including the landmark recordings Dusk and Time Lines. The music of Andrew Hill “is an eloquent example of how jazz can combine traditional and original elements, notation and pure improvisation, playing both outside and inside strict time and harmony.”

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