Live at Montreux (Andrew Hill album) explained

Live at Montreux
Type:Live album
Artist:Andrew Hill
Cover:Live at Montreux (Andrew Hill album).jpg
Released:1975
Recorded:July 20, 1975
Venue:Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Genre:Jazz
Length:44:17
Label:Freedom
Producer:Michael Cuscuna
Chronology:Andrew Hill
Prev Title:Divine Revelation
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Nefertiti
Next Year:1976

Live at Montreux is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, a live album of a solo performance recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Freedom label.[1] The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Duke Ellington tune.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Andrew Hill hadn't been recording much for a few years by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and one wonders why while listening to this very entertaining solo performance".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

  1. "Snake Hip Waltz" - 11:15
  2. "Nefertiti" [mistitled "Nefertisis"] - 10:16
  3. "Relativity" - 17:56
  4. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 4:50

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm Andrew Hill discography
  2. Dryden, K. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r140730|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 4, 2010