







Andrew Hill - Andrew!!!
Piano – Andrew Hill [click here to see more vinyl featuring Andrew Hill]
Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson [click here to see more products featuring Bobby Hutcherson]
Drums – Joe Chambers
Bass – Richard Davis
Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore
Written by Andrew Hill
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on June 25, 1964 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Original session produced by Alfred Lion
Reissue produced by Joe Harley
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Liner Notes by Don Heckman
Design and photography by Reid Miles
Originally Released in April 1968
Reissued in June 2025
Tracks :
Side A:
- The Groits
- Black Monday
- Duplicity
Side B
- Le Serpent Qui Danse
- No Doubt
- Symmetry
Review :
« Anyone familiar with Andrew Hill's music will find the cover to Andrew!!! a little bizarre, to say the least. Hill was one of the most intense and cerebral musicians on Blue Note's roster, incorporating avant-garde and modal techniques into his adventurous post-bop. The cover to Andrew!!! apparently is an attempt to humanize Hill -- it's a soft-focus close-up of a smiling Andrew Hill, who looks more like a teen idol than a serious jazz musician, and the first-name title is adorned with no less than three exclamation marks and a subtitle, "The Music of Andrew Hill," which suggests that it's an album of romantic, easy-listening standards. It's not. Andrew!!! is just as adventurous and challenging as any of his other albums, which is to Hill's credit. The pianist leads tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Joe Chambers through a set of six original songs. Often, the music has a floating, hypnotic quality, which only makes Hill's dissonance, unusual voicings, and complex arrangements more compelling than usual. Andrew!!!, if anything, is even less accessible than the previous Point of Departure, but its restless, searching quality and endlessly provocative music makes it just as successful. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rating:
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs 4.82 / 5