Dusk is a studio album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...

 recorded in 1999 and released on the Palmetto

Palmetto Records

Palmetto Records is an independent American jazz record label founded in 1990 by Matt Balitsaris. -Artists:*Ben Allison*Lili Anel*Matt Wilson*Fred Hersch*Ted Nash*Bill Mays*Larry Goldings*David Berkman*Dr...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "With Dusk, Andrew Hill makes it plain that his uncompromising musical vision is intact, undiluted, and perhaps more advanced than ever".

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

1. "Dusk" - 12:05
2. "ML" - 4:10
3. "Ball Square" - 4:25
4. "Tough Love" - 7:19
5. "Sept" - 12:27
6. "T.C." - 7:54
7. "15/8" - 10:31
8. "Focus" - 0:52

Recorded on September 15 (tracks 1-3 & 5-7) and October 27 (tracks 4 & 8), 1999.

Personnel

• Andrew Hill
  Andrew Hill
  Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...
  
   - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Marty Ehrlich
  Marty Ehrlich
  Marty Ehrlich is a multi-instrumentalist and is considered one of the leading figures in experimental or avant-garde jazz....
  
   - bass clarinet
  Bass clarinet
  The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
  
   (track 2), alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
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   (tracks 1, 3 & 5-7)
• Greg Tardy - bass clarinet (track 2), tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
   (tracks 1, 3 & 5-7)
• Ron Horton - trumpet
  Trumpet
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   (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
• Scott Colley
  Scott Colley
  Scott Colley is an American jazz bassist and Composer.Scott has performed extensively in bands led by: Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Pat Metheny, Carmen McRae, Edward Simon, Adam Rogers, Brian Blade, David Binney, Antonio Sanchez, Kenny Werner...
  
   - bass
  Double bass
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   (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
• Billy Drummond
  Billy Drummond
  Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond, Jr. is an American jazz drummer.Drummond learned jazz from an early age from his father, who was a drummer and a jazz enthusiast and whose record collection included many recordings of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, among others...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)