Smoke Stack is a studio album by jazz pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 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 1963 and released in 1966 on the Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records

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 label. It was his second recording as leader on the record label

Record label

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. "Ode to Von" id dedicated to saxophonist Von Freeman

Von Freeman

Earle Lavon Freeman Sr. is an American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist. He is the father of jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman.-Biography:...

, whilst "Verne" is dedicated to Hill's first wife, Laverne Gillette. The album is notable for its use of two basses playing contemporaneously.

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

1. "Smoke Stack" - 5:00
2. "The Day After" - 5:07
3. "Wailing Wail" - 5:46
4. "Ode to Von" - 4:29
5. "Not So" - 6:24
6. "Verne" - 5:48
7. "30 Pier Avenue" - 7:06

Bonus tracks on CD:

8. "Smoke Stack" [Alternate take] - 4:20
   
9. "The Day After" [Alternate take] - 4:49
   
10. "Ode to Von" [Alternate take] - 5:28
    
11. "Not So" [Alternate take] - 6:28
    

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
• Richard Davis - bass
• Eddie Khan
  Eddie Khan
  Eddie Khan is an American jazz bassist who worked extensively with Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard and Andrew Hill.-As sideman:* Bill Barron: Modern Windows Suite...
  
   - bass
• Roy Haynes
  Roy Haynes
  Roy Owen Haynes is an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Haynes is among the most recorded drummers in jazz, and in a career lasting more than 60 years has played in a wide range of styles ranging from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz...
  
  - drums