Andrew Hill - Change
Released - 1975/2007 (BN-LA-453-H2/3-85190-2)
Recording and Session Information
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 7, 1966
Sam Rivers, tenor sax #1-4,6,7; Andrew Hill, piano; Walter Booker, bass; J.C. Moses, drums.
1708 tk.1 Violence
tk.3 Violence (alternate take)
1709 tk.5 Hope
1710 tk.7 Illusion
1711 tk.10 Pain
1712 tk.16 Desire
tk.18 Desire (alternate take)
1713 tk.19 Lust
Session Photos
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| Sam Rivers |
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| J.C. Moses |
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| Andrew Hill |
Photos: Francis Wolff
Track Listing
| Side One | ||
| Title | Author | Recording Date |
| Violence | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Pain | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Illusion | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Side Two | ||
| Hope | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Lust | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Desire | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
CD Track Listing
| Title | Author | Recording Date |
| Violence | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Pain | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Illusion | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Hope | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Lust | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Desire | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Violence (Alt Tk) | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
| Desire (Alt Tk) | Andrew Hill | March 7 1966 |
Liner Notes
ANDREW HILL - CHANGE
Compulsion, recorded in October 1965 with a trio plus two horns and two percussionists, marked a decided turn in Andrew Hill's music toward more freedom and longer performances, This March 7, 1966 session was the next logical step for the pianist, an intimate quartet recording with musicians who shared a sensibility and great ears, thus being able to afford each other freedom and empathy. It did not see the light of day until it was issued in the Blue Note Reissue Series of tan double albums in 1975. It was paired with an unissued Sam Rivers LP (Dimensions & Extensions) in the Blue Note vaults and issued under Sam's name as Involution. Alfred liked this Hill date a great deal at the time and was thinking about calling it Change, an apt title for the change in Andrew's approach. It was even given the catalog number 84233 and edited and sequenced for release, but a cover was never made.
In April 1965, Sam had worked with Andrew on Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue, which featured a number of Hill originals. Andrew apparently liked what he heard because this quartet of Rivers, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer J. C. Moses was — or was intended to be — a working group.
Walter Booker came to New York in 1964 and quickly made a name for himself in the employ of Ray Bryant, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, and Sonny Rollins, among others. This was J. C. Moses's only Blue Note appearance. He was primarily known for his work with the New York Contemporary Five led by Archie Shepp and Don Cherry. His scant discography includes Kenny Dorham's Matador, Charles Lloyd's Discovery, Roland Kirk's Kirk in Copenhagen, and a beautiful Shepp three-tune trio session for Impulse! with David Izenzon. Moses had a loose, exuberant sense of swing. He eventually returned to his hometown of Pittsburgh because of poor health. He died there in 1977.
This date, with its titles (named after the session) based on human emotion and condition, is also more free than most of Andrew's music.
The long first take of "Violence" ultimately became the master, although the shorter second take was initially chosen. Sam Rivers is powerful here, constantly inventive without a framework to lean on, especially in his first solo. After the piano solo, there is an impassioned tenor/ piano duet and a bass solo with harpsichord accompaniment from Andrew. Sam brings the melody back in and stretches out some more. Andrew starts the alternate take without Sam and solos first. Rivers, Booker (with harpsichord accompaniment again), and Moses follow. A wonderful performance, but the longer first take is more dynamic.
"Pain," a trio number, is more whimsical than tortured in spirit. It consists of a seven-bar theme played Nice and has a swinging, Monk-ish feel. Booker and Hill both take excellent solos.
"Illusion" has a rubato theme followed by a lively Latin 4/4 montuno. It stays in tempo for the energetic, melodic solos by Andrew and Sam. A wonderful drum solo leads into the outgoing melody.
The rubato melody of "Hope" is beautifully read by Rivers before J. C. Moses moves into a bright 3/4 for the solos. Andrew again turns to the harpsichord for Booker's bass solo.
"Lust," the other trio number, is also oddly titled, as it is positively tender and romantic. Andrew is the only soloist on this ballad. And that's as it should be. His playing is sensitive, beautiful, and seamless.
Sam is back on "Desire," a four-bar melody played in a comfortable 5/4. Two tenor solos sandwich a piano solo. The first take was not initially chosen as the master, but its shorter playing time, definite ending, and strong bluesy overtones in parts of the tenor and piano solos probably led Alfred Lion to ultimately pick this one. The alternate take, longer and with a fade, also has a lot going for it. They both offer some strong playing.
Andrew recorded three more free sessions in 1967, two of which included Sam. They were only recently released on a 3-CD set entitled Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill. But the following year, Andrew began looking for other directions, returning to Latin and blues elements on Grass Roots and experimenting with voices on Lift Every Voice. Of all of Andrew's work during this period, this is, for me, the most satisfying of the free dates.
— MICHAEL CUSCUNA, 2007
Additional Notes
1967 Andrew Hill Sessions: Mosaic Select
Andrew Hill Sextet
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 10, 1967
Sam Rivers, flute, soprano, tenor sax; Robin Kenyatta, alto sax; Nadi Qamar (Spaulding Givens), thumb piano, African drum, bells; Andrew Hill, piano, organ; Cecil McBee, bass; Teddy Robinson, drums.
1834 tk.2 Prevue
1835 tk.5 Yomo
1836 tk.8 I
1837 tk.9 Awake
1838 tk.11 Now
Andrew Hill Trio
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1967
Andrew Hill, piano, organ, soprano sax; Ron Carter, bass; Teddy Robinson, drums.
1891 tk.1 Nine At The Bottom
1891 tk.3 Nine At The Bottom (alternate take)
1892 tk.4 Six At The Top
1893 tk.7 Chained
1894 tk.9 MOMA
1895 tk.11 Absolution (as Resolution)
1896 tk.14 Interfusion
This session was to have formed GXF-3080, but was not released.
Andrew Hill Septet
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 31, 1967
Woody Shaw, trumpet; Sam Rivers, soprano, tenor sax; Robin Kenyatta, alto sax; Howard Johnson, baritone sax, tuba; Andrew Hill, piano; Herbie Lewis, bass; Teddy Robinson, drums.
1977 tk.3 Oriba (first version)
1978 tk.7 Mother's Tale
1979 tk.14 Enamorado
1980 tk.15 For Blue People Only
1981 tk.20 Requiem For Truth (as Oriba (second version))
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