Live at Montreux (Andrew Hill album)

Live at Montreux
Live album by Andrew Hill
Recorded July 20, 1975
Genre Jazz
Length 44:17
Label Freedom
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Andrew Hill chronology

Divine Revelation
(1975)
Live at Montreux
(1975)
Nefertiti
(1976)

Live at Montreux is the nineteenth album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, a live album of a solo performance recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Freedom label.[1] The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Duke Ellington tune.

Reception

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Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Andrew Hill hadn't been recording much for a few years by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and one wonders why while listening to this very entertaining solo performance".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated
  1. "Snake Hip Waltz" - 11:15
  2. "Nefertiti" [mistitled "Nefertisis"] - 10:16
  3. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 17:56
  4. "Relativity" - 4:50
  • Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 20, 1975

Personnel

References

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