One for One (Andrew Hill album)

One for One is a compilation album of previously unissued tracks by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1965, 1969 and 1970 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1975 as a double album set.^[1] The album features 11 of Hill's compositions, five tracks which would later be released on The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) on Mosaic Records in 1995 (and in 2006 as Pax) and six which would feature on Mosaic Select 16 (2005).

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Andrew Hill's music and piano playing, which is not easily classified (the term "avant-garde" does not do him justice), not too surprisingly never caught on with a wider audience, although it still sounds quite fresh and unpredictable today... and they certainly challenge these major players — no coasting allowed".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

1. "One for One" [a.k.a. "Ocho Rios"] – 10:25
2. "Diddy Wah" – 6:50
3. "Without Malice" [a.k.a. "Cascade"] – 4:49
4. "Poinsetta" – 6:20
5. "Illusion" – 6:57
6. "Fragments" – 5:00
7. "Euterpe" – 7:16
8. "Erato" – 4:00
9. "Pax" – 7:13
10. "Eris" – 10:04
11. "Calliope" – 10:07

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 10, 1965 (tracks 7-11), August 1, 1969 (tracks 4-6), January 16, 1970 (tracks 1 & 2) and January 23, 1970 (track 3).

Personnel

• Andrew Hill – piano
• Bennie Maupin – flute (track 1 & 4), tenor saxophone (tracks 5 & 6)
• Pat Patrick – flute (track 1), alto clarinet (track 2), alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
• Charles Tolliver – trumpet (tracks 1-3)
• Freddie Hubbard – cornet (tracks 7 & 9-11)
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone (tracks 7 & 9-11)
• Ron Carter (tracks 1-6), Richard Davis (tracks 7-11) – bass
• Joe Chambers (tracks 7-11), Paul Motian (tracks 1 & 2), Mickey Roker (tracks 4-6), Ben Riley (track 3) – drums
• Sanford Allen – violin (tracks 4-6)
• Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke – viola (tracks 4-6)
• Kermit Moore – cello (tracks 4-6)

References