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Personnel: Andrew Hill (piano); Andrew Hill; John Hebert (upright bass); Greg Tardy (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Charles Tolliver (trumpet); Eric McPherson (drums).
Audio Mixer: Dae Bennett.
Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (06/23/2005-07/18/2005).
Photographer: Jimmy Katz.
While recording for Blue Note in the 1960s, composer and pianist Andrew Hill released some of the most forward-thinking and meticulously constructed albums of the post-bop era. The intelligence and daring that characterized those albums still inhabits Hill's recordings, as 2006's TIME LINES attests.
Flanked by a fine quartet (a bassist, drummer, trumpeter, and the multi-talented Greg Tardy on tenor sax, clarinet, and bass clarinet), Hill still reels off witty, elliptical piano lines that bring together modal music and free jazz with strains of traditional bop structure. Packed with both fine compositions and playing all around, TIME LINES shows that Hill is still capable of making works of quiet, incisive brilliance.
Andrew Hill has been, in the gentlest of cases, an idiosyncratic player, composer, and bandleader. But often, reviews of his work have been quite strident and refer to him as an iconoclast. That's okay; some critics thought of Monk and Herbie Nichols that way, too. Time Lines has Hill back -- for the third time in his long career -- with Blue Note, the label that gave birth to his enduring classics like Black Fire and Judgment!. But Hill is still every bit the creative and technically gifted musician he was back in the day; perhaps more so. His band features seasoned veteran Charles Tolliver on trumpet, saxophonist Greg Tardy (who also triples on clarinet and bass clarinet, and beautifully, to say the least), and a rhythm section composed of bassist John Herbert and drummer Eric McPherson. The tunes reflect Hill's ranging interests as a composer, and they are demanding in that listeners must locate themselves within them, and yet must also meet the composer's criteria. None of these compositions are brief. They are almost all in the eight- to nine-minute range. Check the opener, "Malachi," dedicated to Art Ensemble of Chicago bassist Malachi Favors. Hill's chords lay down a series of colors, slowly, purposefully, without artifice or idiomatic device; he calls the other players in a few at a time before letting them drop out while his piano meanders through the emotions he finds in his own harmonic inventions. In other places, such as on the South African-tinged title track, one can hear the song-like structures of Abdullah Ibrahim, but the knottiness of Hill's own conceptual melodic sense moves somewhere else. He intercepts, interjects, and dictates the lengths of solos. All the while he explores the edges of each tune, finding new chords to color the melody he's playing with his right hand. "Ry Round 1" has some interesting front line play between the horns, as Hill plays chordal counterpoint to accent the swing in the tune. Tardy's bass clarinet playing on "For Emilio" is utterly lovely and engaging, and his solo in the middle is bright -- full of nuance and color. He is a master of the instrument, and while he's accompanied beautifully by Herbert, he is continually inviting the rest of the band in to track the lyric. As usual, Hill plays all around the lyric -- through it, on top of it, and underneath it -- bringing out its subtleties in the process. Hill's gift lies in his ability to employ the tradition exactly as he means to, yet he also seems to look for the mystery inherent in the improvisation and the dialogue of musicians with one another. The balladic genius in "Whitsuntide" is all the more so because, in various places, such as in Tardy's tenor solo, the tune threatens to break out into something else and Hill responds by giving him large modal chords to play off of, but then leads him back. Time Lines is yet another landmark in one of the most astonishing careers in the historyMagnet (p.118) - "Hill's compositions range from hip-shaking soul/jazz workouts to rhythmically challenging and emotionally complex works."
Down Beat (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Bracketed by elegiac dedications to bassist Malachi Favors, Andrew Hill's second return to Blue Note is suffused with jagged melodies, roiling rhythms and bracing lyricism."
JazzTimes (p.93) - "As a pianist, his note choices are still cryptic, his phrase shapes are still angular and his movements still scurry. As a composer/bandleader, he still creates exotic, darkly luminous aural landscapes that inspire soloists."
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List Price $17.98 (You save $4.53)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Piano
Label Blue Note
Orig Year 2006
All Time Sales Rank   8744  
CD Universe Part number 7022669
Catalog number 35170
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 21, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Michael Cuscuna; Michael Cuscuna
Engineer Dae Bennett; Brian Dozoretz
Personnel Andrew Hill - piano
Charles Tolliver - trumpet
John Hebert - upright bass
Eric McPherson - drums

Also: Greg Tardy
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Malachi$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Time Lines$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Ry Round 1$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.For Emilio$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Whitsuntide$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Smooth$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Ry Round 2$1.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Malachi - (Solo Piano Version)$0.99

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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Andrew Hill Does It Again
Andrew Hill's "Time Line" is yet another great disc from a guy who has been experiencing a resurgence in recent years. First "Dusk", then "A Beautiful Day", and now this one. This quintet album features Hill's typically angular and intricate compositions. Over an hour of absorbing music, not a dull moment. Sometimes, as on the title track and "Ry Round 2", the themes are so sparse that they serve as mere guidelines for the group to take off from. The mood is introspective and intelligent but with plenty of emotion. Hill's piano solos have a feeling of reflection and meditation, sounding like a man sharing his experience and wisdom. And the band is right there with him, Charles Tolliver thoughtful and probing on trumpet and Greg Tardy more extroverted in his emotions than the others. Andrew Hill may be a senior citizen but he has more creativity and energy than most musicians half his age. This disc has got to be heard!
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