Passing Ships

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Passing Ships
Studio album by
Andrew Hill
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003
RecordedNovember 7 and 14, 1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length45:38
LabelBlue Note
Blue Note 90417
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Andrew Hill chronology
Lift Every Voice
(1969-70) 		Passing Ships
(2003) 		One for One
(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.[1][2] The album features Hill with a six-piece horn section performing seven original compositions.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

  1. "Sideways" - 4:09
  2. "Passing Ships" - 7:08
  3. "Plantation Bag" - 8:32
  4. "Noon Tide" - 9:49
  5. "The Brown Queen" - 6:22
  6. "Cascade" - 6:27
  7. "Yesterday's Tomorrow" - 5:11

Recorded on November 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 6) and November 14 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7), 1969.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Andrew Hill discography accessed September 30, 2010
  2. ^ "Andrew Hill - Passing Ships-Releases on Discogs".
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 30, 2010
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 703. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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