Time Lines

Time Lines is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 2005 and released on the Blue Note label in 2006.^[1] The album features Hill's final studio recordings.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Hill is still every bit the creative and technically gifted musician he was back in the day; perhaps more so... 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... Time Lines is yet another landmark in one of the most astonishing careers in the history of jazz".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

1. "Malachi" - 7:03
2. "Time Lines" - 9:02
3. "Ry Round 1" - 9:00
4. "For Emilio" - 9:40
5. "Whitsuntide" - 8:59
6. "Smooth" - 8:14
7. "Ry Round 2" - 7:55
8. "Malachi" [Solo Piano Version] - 5:32

• Recorded at Bennett Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 23 (tracks 3 & 4), June 30 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-7) and July 18 (track 8), 2005

Personnel

• Andrew Hill - piano
• Greg Tardy - clarinet (tracks 1 & 6), bass clarinet (tracks 3, 4 & 7), tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
• Charles Tolliver - trumpet (tracks 1-7)
• John Hebert - bass (tracks 1-7)
• Eric McPherson - drums (tracks 1-7)

References