From California with Love explained

From California with Love
Type:Album
Artist:Andrew Hill
Cover:From California with Love.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:October 12, 1978
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:42
Label:Artists House
Chronology:Andrew Hill
Prev Title:Nefertiti
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Strange Serenade
Next Year:1980

From California with Love is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1978 and released on the Artists House label.[1] The album features two of Hill's original compositions.

Reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that Hill "is a free player, but one with a gentle disposition, and here he builds two side-long solos ... on ideas more than energy."[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The creative pianist is heard on two sidelong solo improvisations on this excellent LP, building his solos from fairly simple themes into works of great complexity and individuality".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

  1. "From California with Love" - 19:57
  2. "Reverend DuBop - 18:45

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm Andrew Hill discography
  2. News: Miller . Mark . From California with Love . The Globe and Mail . 6 June 1981 . F6.
  3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r140725|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed October 4, 2010