This article is about a recently deceased person. Some information, such as the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known.

Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931^[1] – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... // The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Life and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois^[2], Hill took up piano at 13, and was encouraged by Earl Hines. He was referred by jazz composer Bill Russo to Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied until 1952. While a teenager he performed in rhythm and blues bands and with touring jazz musicians, including Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, better known as Earl Hines or Fatha Hines (28 December 1903 near Pittsburgh – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was a prominent jazz pianist. ... William Russo, better known as Bill Russo (June 25, 1928 – January 11, 2003) was an American jazz musician. ... Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. ... Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ...

Hill first recorded as a sideman in 1954, but his reputation was made by his Blue Note recordings as leader from 1963 to 1970, which featured several other important post-bop musicians including Joe Chambers, Richard Davis, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, and Tony Williams, as well as John Gilmore. Hill also played on albums by Henderson, Hutcherson, Hank Mobley, and Sam Rivers. His distinctive compositions accounted for four of the six pieces on Bobby Hutcherson's classic Dialogue album. Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. ... Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties. ... Joe Chambers (b. ... Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American double bass player who has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1977, after establishing himself for twenty-three years in New York City. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles) is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. ... Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. ... Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. ... Woody Herman Shaw II (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an African American jazz drummer. ... Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. ...

Hill rarely worked as a sideman after the 1960s, preferring to play his own compositions. This may have limited his public exposure. He obtained a doctorate in music from Colgate University of Hamilton and served as the university's composer in residence from 1970 to 1972. He later taught in California and at Portland State University before returning to New York City in 1990. Colgate in fall. ... Hamilton is a village located in the Town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York. ... Portland State University Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ...

Style

Much of Hill's music can be characterized as post-bop with tendencies towards the avant-garde. His earlier work, particularly the album Point of Departure, featuring contributions from Eric Dolphy and Tony Williams, exhibits Hill's desire to advance while remaining grounded in the traditions of his predecessors. Throughout, his skill as both composer and leader can be sensed as the band ventures into unknown territory while still remaining precise and controlled. Hill's compositions have a contemplative mood. He was known for the rhythmic and harmonic complexity of his performances and compositions. Point of Departure is an album by jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, released on the Blue Note label. ...

Hill worked in the avant garde and modal jazz idioms. His album Dusk was selected as the best album of 2001 by both Down Beat and Jazztimes; and in 2003, Hill received the Jazzpar Prize. As a consequence of his renewed prominence, a new Blue Note album titled Time Lines was released on February 21, 2006. His final public performance was on March 29, 2007 at Trinity Church in New York City. Andrew Hill suffered from lung cancer during the last years of his life. He died at his home in Jersey City. Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. ... The Jazzpar Prize (established 1990) is an annual Danish prize within jazz, by some{{fact{{ considered the highest international award. ... Trinity Church Close-up of Trinity Church Trinity Church, at the corner of Broadway and Wall Street in New York City, viewed from the World Trade Center A glimpse of New York from Trinity Church steeple. ... Lung cancer is a transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, responsible for 1. ... Location of Jersey City within New Jersey. ...

Selected discography

• So In Love (Warwick, 1959)
• Black Fire (Blue Note, 11/8/63)
• Smoke Stack (Blue Note, 12/13/63)
• Judgment (Blue Note, 1/64)
• Point of Departure (Blue Note, 3/31/64)
• Andrew!!! (Blue Note, 6/25/64)
• Pax (Blue Note, 2/10/65)
• Dance with Death (Blue Note, 10/11/68)
• Passing Ships (Blue Note, 11/7+14/69)
• Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 5/69)
• Spiral (Freedom/Arista, 12/20/74 & 1/20/75)
• Live at Montreux (Freedom, 7/20/75)
• Shades (Soul Note, 7/3-4/86)
• Verona Rag (Soul Note, 7/5/86)
• Dusk (Palmetto, 9/15 & 10/27/99)
• A Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 1/24-26/02)
• Time Lines (Blue Note, 6/23+30, 7/18/05)

dates are recording sessions

TV appearances

• SOLOS: the jazz sessions (Bravo! Canada 2004)

References

1. ^ Howard Mandel "Andrew Hill: 1931-2007", All About Jazz, 20 April 2007. Retrieved on 20 April 2007. During his life time, Hill's year of birth was always given as 1937.
2. ^ Liner notes of early records incorrectly identified his birthplace as Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Capitals in North America | Haiti ...

External links

• Official Andrew Hill Website
• Andrew Hill Discography at www.JazzDiscography.com
• Andrew Hill Memorial at Find A Grave