Andrew Hill - Smoke Stack (1963) {Blue Note Japan TOCJ-4160 rel 1994}
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© 1963, 1994 Blue Note / Toshiba-EMI Japan | TOCJ-4160
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano
A fantastic session by this groundbreaking modernist – essentially a piano trio album, but recorded with two bass players – Richard Davis & Eddie Kahn – one of whom plays rhythm, the other who solos along with Hill. The result is one of Hill's darkest piano outings, brought even deeper by the bass accompaniment, and the lack of any other horns to support the set. The album includes Hill's brilliant "Ode to Von", dedicated to Von Freeman, one of his early teachers – plus the tracks "Verne", "Not So", "Wailing Wall", and "The Day After".
Trimming away some of the overt Afro-Cuban rhythms that distinguished Black Fire, Andrew Hill turned in a dense, cerebral set of adventurous post-bop on his second Blue Note session, Smoke Stack. Comprised entirely of original Hill compositions, Smoke Stack is in the middle ground between hard bop and free jazz – it isn't as loose and dissonant as free, but with its long, winding modal improvisations and hazy song structures, it's a lot less accessible than bop. It also isn't as successful as Black Fire, which worked similar territory with edgier results. Part of the problem is that Hill simply meanders throughout most of Smoke Stack, wandering off into quietly discordant sections that turn in on themselves. It's subdued music that requires concentration, but doesn't necessarily reward such effort. Even with its faults, Smoke Stack is far from an unworthy record – Hill's insular, intellectual style may be occasionally frustrating, but his playing is frequently provocative and challenging, and his backing group of Richard Davis (bass), Eddie Khan (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums) offer sympathetic support. However, it's an album that promises more than it delivers.
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Personnel
Andrew Hill - piano
Richard Davis - bass
Eddie Khan - bass
Roy Haynes - drums
Track Listing
01 - Smoke Stack
02 - The Day After
03 - Wailing Wall
04 - Ode To Von
05 - Not So
06 - Verne
07 - 30 Pier Avenue
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EAC extraction logfile from 14. August 2012, 3:05
Andrew Hill / Smokestack
Used drive : hp CDDVDW TS-L633N Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
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Make use of C2 pointers : No
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Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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