A Beautiful Day
A Beautiful Day is the thirty-first album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, a live album recorded in 2002 at Birdland in New York City and released on the Palmetto label.[1]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars and stated "this remarkable live album... boasts a large ensemble, billed at Birdland and previous gigs as the Andrew Hill Sextet + 11. Despite a large regiment of horns, Hill's reflective piano figures prominently... With its wide array of available textures and juxtapositions, the big band proves an ideal vehicle for Hill's powerful, unclassifiable music".[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Andrew Hill
- "Divine Revelation" – 8:19
- "Faded Beauty" – 11:28
- "Bellezza" – 8:43
- "5 Mo" – 6:42
- "New Pinnochio" – 7:36
- "J Di" – 5:50
- "A Beautiful Day" – 11:44
- "11/8" – 1:06
- Recorded at Birdland, New York City on January 24–26, 2002
Personnel
- Andrew Hill – piano
- John Savage – flute (tracks 2 & 4), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
- Marty Ehrlich – clarinet (track 4), bass clarinet (track 2), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
- Aaron Stewart, Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone
- J. D. Parran – baritone saxophone
- Dave Ballou, Laurie Frink, Ron Horton (tracks 1-6), Bruce Staalens – trumpet
- Mike Fahn, Joe Fielder, Charlie Gordon – trombone
- Jose D'avila – tuba
- Scott Colley – bass
- Nasheet Waits – drums
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