Andrew Hill: Smoke Stack (180g)

Contents 1. Smoke Stack (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 2. The Day After (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 3. Wailing Wall (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 4. Ode To Von (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 5. Not So (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 6. Verne (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 7. 30 Pier Avenue (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

On his second Blue Note album Smoke Stack, pianist and composer Andrew Hill used an unusual instrumentation of two bassists (Richard Davis and Eddie Khan) together with the masterful Roy Haynes on drums. Blue Note founder Alfred Lion considered Hill to be as distinctive and important a compositional voice as Thelonious Monk, and the seven Hill compositions the quartet explores here contain all the rare beauty found in his music. Designer Reid Miles photographed Hill himself for the eye-catching design of the album cover.

This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is completely analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes and pressed to 180g vinyl at Optimal.