Invitation (Andrew Hill album)

Invitation
Studio album by Andrew Hill
Released 1974
Recorded October 17, 1974
Genre Jazz
Length 57:56
Label SteepleChase
Andrew Hill chronology

One for One
(1965-70)
Invitation
(1975)
Spiral
(1974-75)

Invitation is the fourteenth album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1974 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1] The album features five of Hill's original compositions and one jazz standard performed by a trio. The CD added one alternate take as a bonus track.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "Such fascinating music will be of great interest to fans of Andrew Hill".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated
  1. "Catfish" – 6:31
  2. "Lost No More" – 5:23
  3. "Morning Flower" – 12:19
  4. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) – 8:40
  5. "Laverne" – 7:33
  6. "Little John" – 6:51
  7. "Catfish" [alternate take] - 10:39 Bonus track on CD
  • Recorded at Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, New York on October 17, 1974

Personnel

References

  1. Andrew Hill discography accessed October 4, 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2010