if I'm not mistaken, this was Andrew Hill's last performance. What a loss! He really was one of the greatest and even this last concert when he was obviously very frail is just wonderful.
Thank you for posting this great set, with a Debussy meets modern jazz improvisation quality. I saw Andrew several times, the last time at San Francisco Jazz Fest (IIRC, in 2004). He would be, along with Dave Brubeck, the two pianist/composer/bandleaders I heard work their magic when they were in their eighties. They did not disappoint!.
THE SWANSONG OF A BLUE NOTE ORIGINALIST . . . .. . Farewell - life is "A Dance With Death" . And death is "A Point Of Departure" . There is no "Judgement" , no "Compulsion" - just "Grass Roots" of "Black Fire". So, "Lift Every Voice And Sing" . . .Hear ya on the other side - "Andrew" ...
@renepythoud1565 CETTE ICI EST PAR TROIS MOIS PRE DE LA MORT !!!! Didn t ya know ? You are being rudely inconsiderate & illogical. He was a master still when cette concert took place !!! Bon Voyage ...
Struggling to identify the songs but feel like I heard shades of "Malachi" in the first piece and some of "Dusk" in the second? Please correct me if I'm far off :)
Wonderful music, but not well recorded. There's no space nor much life in the piano or the drums, there's no bass in the bass. The piano has a single mic, poorly placed. I've done a LOT of live recordings and live sound mixes, never recorded a piano with less than two mics, nor drums with less than a spaced pair, nor a bass without a mic, often in addition to a pickup.
@@christopherpi2010 I listen with headphones. Failure is not the church, it's the recording engineer. I know the church, and I'm a retired recording engineer.
