Passing Ships is an 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...

 featuring performances recorded in 1969 but not released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

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 label until 2003. The album features Hill with a large horn section

Horn section

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 performing seven original compositions.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The music here is ambitious. Hill's scoring for one reed, two trumpets, and low brass is remarkable for the time".

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

1. "Sideways" - 4:09
2. "Passing Ships" - 7:08
3. "Plantation Bag" - 8:32
4. "Noon Tide" -9:49
5. "The Brown Queen" - 6:22
6. "Cascade" - 6:27
7. "Yesterday's Tomorrow" - 5:11

Recorded on November 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 6) and November 14 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7), 1969.

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
• Dizzy Reece
  Dizzy Reece
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  , Woody Shaw
  Woody Shaw
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   - trumpet
• Joe Farrell
  Joe Farrell
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   - alto flute
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  , English horn, bass clarinet
  Bass clarinet
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  , soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Howard Johnson
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   - bass clarinet, tuba
  Tuba
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• Robert Northern - french horn
• Julian Priester
  Julian Priester
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   - trombone
  Trombone
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• Ron Carter
  Ron Carter
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   - bass
  Double bass
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• Lenny White
  Lenny White
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  - drums