Passing Ships
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Passing Ships |
| type | Album |
| artist | Andrew Hill |
| cover | Passing Ships.jpg |
| released | October 21, 2003 |
| recorded | November 7 and 14, 1969 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 45:38 |
| label | Blue Note |
| Blue Note 90417 | |
| producer | Francis Wolff |
| chronology | Andrew Hill |
| prev_title | Lift Every Voice |
| prev_year | 1969-70 |
| next_title | One for One |
| next_year | 1965-70 |
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| name = Passing Ships | type = Album | artist = Andrew Hill | cover = Passing Ships.jpg | alt = | released = October 21, 2003 | recorded = November 7 and 14, 1969 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 45:38 | label = Blue Note Blue Note 90417 | producer = Francis Wolff | chronology = Andrew Hill | prev_title = Lift Every Voice | prev_year = 1969-70 | next_title = One for One | next_year = 1965-70
Passing Ships is a studio album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1969 for the Blue Note label but not released until 2003. The album features Hill with a six-piece horn section performing seven original compositions.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The music here is ambitious. Hill's scoring for one reed, two trumpets, and low brass is remarkable for the time".
Track listing
All compositions by Andrew Hill
- "Sideways" - 4:09
- "Passing Ships" - 7:08
- "Plantation Bag" - 8:32
- "Noon Tide" - 9:49
- "The Brown Queen" - 6:22
- "Cascade" - 6:27
- "Yesterday's Tomorrow" - 5:11 Recorded on November 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 6) and November 14 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7), 1969.
Personnel
- Andrew Hill - piano
- Dizzy Reece - trumpet (solo on tracks 1, 3, 4) Woody Shaw - trumpet (solo on tracks 2, 5–7)
- Joe Farrell - alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Howard Johnson - bass clarinet, tuba
- Robert Northern - french horn
- Julian Priester - trombone
- Ron Carter - bass
- Lenny White - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm Andrew Hill discography] accessed September 30, 2010
- "Andrew Hill - Passing Ships-Releases on Discogs".
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic
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