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Andrew Hill (* 30. Juni 1931 in Chicago , [1] Illinois ; † 20. April 2007 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz pianist und -komponist.
Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz critic John Fordham described Hill as a "uniquely gifted composer, pianist and educator" although "his status remained largely inside knowledge in the jazz world for most of his career."
Biographie. Andrew Hill (* 30. Juni 1931 in Chicago, Illinois; † 20. April 2007 in Jersey City, New Jersey) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzpianist und -komponist. Andrew Hill begann mit sieben Jahren Akkordeon zu spielen, mit zehn Jahren brachte er sich selbst das Klavierspiel bei.
7. Nov. 2023 · Pianist and composer Andrew Hill’s jazz masterpiece “Point of Departure” gets lovingly reissued, shedding some light on the jewel in the crown amidst his flurry of albums for Blue Note in the mid-1960s.
20. Apr. 2007 · A legendary jazz pianist and composer, his music defied categorization for over four decades with its enigmatic and sophisticated musical style. He was hailed by The New York Times as "one of the 1960's jazz heroes" and was alternately referred to as a genius and a master by critics and colleagues alike.
Andrew Hill was a great and even groundbreaking composer and pianist, yet the relatively circumscribed scale of his innovations might have originally caused him to get lost in the shuffle of the ’60s free jazz revolution.
Over nearly half a century, composer-pianist-ensemble leader Andrew Hill gained international jazz renown for his uniquely original music and recorded ouevre, which is by turns dark, fragile, funny, stark, unforgettably tuneful, percussive, insightful, oblique, transparent and mysterious.
