Andrew Hill was born June 30, 1937 in Chicago and started playing jazz at age 13, copying the playing of Bud Powell, Thelonius Monk and Art Tatum. His early gigs were with Von Freeman, Wilbur Ware, Johnny Griffin and later with Miles Davis. After a period of woodshedding he formed a trio which backed vocalist Dinah Washington which took him to New York. From there he worked with the Johnny Griffin-Lockjaw Davis Quintet, Al Hibbler, fellow Chicagoan Clifford Jordan, Roland Kirk at the Five Spot, Jackie McLean and Kenny Dorham before signing an exclusive contract with Blue Note. Andrew appeared on two Blue Note sessions firstly with Joe Henderson, then Hank Mobley before leading his own date featuring Henderson on tenor, released as the album Black Fire. A succession of dates as a leader for Blue Note followed until 1971. He then concentrated on composing and gave concert tours throughout the USA via the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute. In 1974 he recorded again on Steeplechase and through being contacted by Michael Cuscuna Andrew did a pair of recordings for the Freedom label. He also recorded three albums for East Wind. In 1978 Andrew recorded an album for the Artists House label which contained a booklet with a fairly complete recording discography. In the album notes Andrew lamented the difficulties he was having with his music and career in the then current music environment. Andrew recorded 2 more albums in 1980 and 2 in 1986 for Italy's Soul Note label before he returned to Blue Note for an album in 1989. It was late in that year that his wife died from cancer. Another Blue Note session followed in 1990. Since then Andrew has recorded some sideman dates including a session for Reggie Workman that saw him working with former Blue Note labelmate Sam Rivers. 1995 saw the release of a box set of Andrew's Blue Note albums which has hopefully re-vitalised interest in his recordings. Andrews is widely considered as a most important jazz pianist and composer.

Notes: Mal's Blues named for Malachi Favors

Good Gosh          KING 5145
Eastwood Blues   unissued ?
Cuban Echoes      KING 5145
Tossed Salad       KING 5836 

So in Love (Cole Porter)
Chiconga (Andrew Hill-M.Craft)
Body and Soul (Johnny Green)
Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane)
Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers)
Penthouse Party (Andrew Hill - M.Craft)
That's All (Haymes-Brandt)
Good Time Soul

Notes: Andrew says this was recorded in 1959, the Artist's House discography says 1955. The TCB re-issue has overdubbed strings on some tracks.

Side A
Somebody Loves Me
Stella By Starlight
Andrew Grooves I (actually In Your Own Sweet Way)
Side B
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
Misty
Andrew Grooves II (actually Birk's Works)

Notes: pirate recording. Hartman does not sing on tracks 3 & 6. Although labelled as above the pressing actually has tracks 1-5 on Side A and (repeated) tracks 4,5,6,1 & 2 on Side B

introduction by Willis Conover
introduction by Roland Kirk

Three for the Festival (unissued)
Nice 'n Easy (unissued)
Domino (unissued)
Fat Man, Please Get Thin (unissued)
The Confusions of a Madman (unissued)
Three-in-One Without the Oil (unissued)
A Stritch in Time*

??Untitled Blues (unissued)

Notes: *released on a special 11th bonus CD (Mercury 878 052-2) enclosed in the Mercury 10 CD box set below

Meeting On Termini's Corner (Roland Kirk)
Domino (Louis Ferrari/Don Raye/Jacques Plante)
Time (Richard Powell)
3-in-1 Without The Oil (Roland Kirk)
A Strith In Time (Roland Kirk)
Lament (J.J. Johnson)

To My Queen (Walt Dickerson)
How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin)
God Bless The Child*

Notes: *Andrew Hill does not appear on the last track which is a Dickerson/Tucker duet

Conflict
Coming Home
Aim
Apart Together
Look to Your Heart
Pazmuerte

Tetter Totter
Our Thing
Escapade
Back Road
Pedro's Time
Teeter Totter (alt tk)

No Room For Squares (Hank Mobley)
Three Way Split (Hank Mobley)
Me 'N' You (Lee Morgan)
Carolyn (Lee Morgan)
Comin' Back* (Hank Mobley)
Syrup and Biscuits* (Hank Mobley)
No Room For Squares (alt tk)*
Carolyn (alt tk)*

Notes: *songs from the session which first appeared on the CD re-issue

Pumpkin
Subterfuge
Black Fire
Cantarnos
Tired Trade
McNeil Island
Land of Nod
Pumpkin (alt tk)
Black Fire (alt tk)

Notes: the CD re-issued contains the two alternate takes from the session

Smoke Stack (Andrew Hill)
The Day After (Andrew Hill)
Wailing Wall (Andrew Hill)
Ode To Von (Andrew Hill)
Not So (Andrew Hill)
Verne (Andrew Hill)
30 Pier Avenue (Andrew Hill)
Smoke Stack (alt tk)
The Day After (alt tk)
Ode To Von (alt tk)
Not So (alt tk)

Notes: the CD re-issue in the Blue Note Connoisseur Series contains the four alternate takes listed

Judgement
Flea Flop
Siete Ocho
Alfred
Yokada, Yokada
Reconciliation
Yokada, Yokada (alt tk)

Notes: the CD re-issue contains the alternate take from the session

Refuge
Dedication
New Monastery
Flight 19
Spectrum
Dedication (alt tk)*
Flight 19 (alt tk)*
New Monastery (alt tk)**

Notes: the CD re-issue contains 2 alternate takes* from the session*; the Mosaic box set contains these plus another previously unissued take**

Black Monday
Symmetry
The Griots
Duplicity
Le Serpent Qui Danse
No Doubt
Symmetry (alt tk)
The Griots (alt tk)

Notes: the alternate takes were first issued in the Mosaic box set

Euterpe (Intuition)
Calliope (Deception)
Pax (Image of Time)
Eris (Heritage)
Euterpe (alt tk)*

Rec. Feb 10, 1965 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Richard Davis b, Joe Chambers d

Erato (Moon Chile)
Root 'N Herbs**

Benny Maupin ts/fl on^#, Ron Carter b, Mickey Roker d, Sanford Allen v, Selwart Clarke viola, Al Brown viola, Kermit Moore cello, dir
Rec. August 1, 1969 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Pointsettia^#
Fragments
Illusion^#
Not So (rejected)
Soulmate (rejected)

Rec. January 16, 1970 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

One for One
Diddy Wah
untitled (rejected)

Charles Tolliver tp, Pat Patricks as/fl/bs, Bennie Maupin fl/ts/bass cl, Ron Carter b, Ben Riley d
Rec. January 23, 1970 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Without Malice
Satin Lady (rejected)
Ocho Rios (rejected)
Ode To Infinity (rejected)

Notes: the alternate take* and new song** were first issued in the Mosaic box set

Catta (Andrew Hill)
Idle While (Joe Chambers)
Les Noirs Marchent (Andrew Hill)
Dialogue (Joe Chambers)
Ghetto Lights (Andrew Hill)
Jasper*

Notes: *released on BN LT 996; all songs appear on CD re-issue

Compulsion
Limbo
Legacy
Premonition

Notes: this box set contains all the material on the albums Black Fire, Smokestack, Judgement, Point of Departure, Andrew! and Compulsion as well as
the two 1965 sessions from One For One and one session released later under Sam Rivers name on Involution plus 15 alternate takes and an unheard composition. 

Violence
Pain
Illusion
Hope
Lust
Desire
Violence (alt tk)
Desire (alt tk)

Notes: this Andrew Hill session although from 1966, first appeared on a 1975 Sam Rivers double album; the 2 alternate takes appear for the first time in the
Mosaic box set

Soul Special (Andrew Hill) 8:50*
Bayou Red (rejected tk)
Venture Inward (unissued tk)
Unknown Title (unissued tk)
Love Nocturne (unissued tk)

Notes: * was eventually issued on Blue Note Rare Grooves Blue Note 835636 1 (2LP, 1996) and 8356362 (CD, 1996)

Grass Roots
Venture Inward
Bayou Red
Soul Special
Mira

CD - Blue Note (release date 15 Feb 2000)

Grass Roots
Venture Inward
Mira
Soul Special
Bayou Red
MC
Venture Inward (First version)
Soul Special (First version)
Bayou Red (First version)
Love Nocturne

Yellow Violet
Partitions
Dance With Death
Fish 'n' Rice
Love Nocturne
Black Sabbath
Dance With Death (unissued tk)

Two Lullabies
Hey Hey
Ghetto Lights
Love Chant
Lift Every Voice

Blue Spark (unissued)
A Tender Tale (unissued)
Drew's Tune (unissued) 

Natural Spirit (unissued)
Such It Is (unissued)
Mother Macy (unissued) 

Catfish (Andrew Hill)
Lost No More (Andrew Hill)
Morning Flower (Andrew Hill)
Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper)
Laverne (Andrew Hill)
Little John (Andrew Hill)
Catfish (alt tk)*

Note: *altertnate take on CD issue only

Tomorrow (Andrew Hill)
Laverne (Andrew Hill)
The Message (Andrew Hill)
Invitation (P.F. Webster & Kaper)
Today (Andrew Hill)
Spiral (Andrew Hill)
Quiet Dawn (Andrew Hill)

Notes: CD cover incorrectly states live in Montreux

Golden Spook
Mist Flower
Remnants
Blue Black
One For

East 9th Street (Andrew Hill)
Naked Spirit (Andrew Hill)
Insanity Riff (Andrew Hill)
Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington)
Clayton Gone (Andrew Hill)
Vision (Andrew Hill)
Rambling (Andrew Hill)

Snake Hip Waltz (Andrew Hill)
Here's That Rainy Day (Jimmy Van Heusen)
East 9th Street (Andrew Hill)
July 10th (Andrew Hill)
Divine Revelation (Andrew Hill)
July 10th (alt tk)*

Notes: *the alternate take appears on the CD issue only

Snake Hip Waltz (Andrew Hill)
Nefertitis (Andrew Hill)
Come Sunday (Duke Ellington)
Relativity (Andrew Hill)

Blue Black (Andrew Hill)
Relativity (Andrew Hill)
Nefertiti (Andrew Hill)
Hattie (Andrew Hill)
Mudflower (Andrew Hill)
Unnatural Man (Andrew Hill)

From California With Love (Andrew Hill)
Reverend DuBop (Andrew Hill)

Rob It Mohe (Andrew Hill)
Ceora (Lee Morgan)
Bayside 1 (Andrew Hill)
Bayside 2 (Andrew Hill)

Mist Flower (Andrew Hill)
Strange Serenade (Andrew Hill)
Reunion (Andrew Hill)
Andrew (Laverne Hill)

Retrospect (Andrew Hill)
Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen)
Verona Rag (Andrew Hill)
Tinkering (Andrew Hill)
Afternoon In Paris (John Lewis)

Monk's Glimpse (Andrew Hill)
Tripping (Andrew Hill)
Chilly Mac (Andrew Hill)
Ball Square (Andrew Hill)
Domani (Andrew Hill)
La Verne (Andrew Hill)

Song 3: Tripping (A.Hill) (6:36)

Notes: the Hill Quartet appear on one track only. This compilation which was issued with the Italian jazz magazine "Musica Jazz", issue no. 6/96 for June.
The CD contains further unissued live recordings from the Verona Jazz festivals 1980-94, including Ornette Coleman, Bill Dixon, Buell Neidlinger, John Zorn,
Chico Hamilton, Don Byron, Yusef Lateef and Butch Morris.

Pinnacle (Andrew Hill)
Golden Sunset (Andrew Hill)
Samba Rasta (Andrew Hill)
Tail Feather (Andrew Hill)
Spiritual Lover (Andrew Hill)
Bobby's Tune (Andrew Hill)
Pinnacle (alt tk)
Golden Sunset (alt tk)
Spiritual Lover (alt tk)

Notes: the three alternate takes are only available on the CD version

Westbury (Andrew Hill)
But Not Farewell (Andrew Hill)
Nicodemus (Andrew Hill)
Georgia Ham (Andrew Hill)
Friends (Andrew Hill)
Sunnyside (Andrew Hill)
Gone (Andrew Hill)

Duality Dance
Earth Prayer
Whose Ancestors
Sparkle Blue
Peace Prayer
Viewpoints

Encounter (John Carter)
Estelle's Theme (Reggie Workman)
Conversation (Sonelius Smith)
Meteor (Sam Rivers)
Solace (Sam Rivers)
Summit Conference (Reggie Workman)
Breath (Julian Priester)
Gone (Andrew Hill)

Joanne
What's New
Little Spain
15/8
Metz
Dusk (take 1)
Labyrinth
Seven
Dusk (take 2)
I'll Be Seeing You

Information for this site was extracted from the discography in the booklet enclosed with the 1978 Artists House LP From California With Love, the booklet
from the Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk CD box set, Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli's "The Blue Note Label: A Discography" and
Michael Cuscuna's booklet accompanying Mosaic's The Complete Andrew Hill Sessions CD box set as well as liner notes from various albums.

Andrew Hill toured Australia during October 1996 and I have discussed my site with him. Andrew said he would endeavor to collaborate with me on this site - I'm still waiting Andrew!

so all releases should be available.

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