- Audio CD (Jun 1 2010)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Blue Note Records
- ASIN: B00000IWVY
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#12,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #86 in Music > Jazz > Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
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Track Listings
| 1. Refuge |
| 2. New Monastery |
| 3. Spectrum |
| 4. Flight |
| 5. Dedication |
| 6. New Monastery (Alternate Take) |
| 7. Flight 19 (Alternate Take) |
| 8. Dedication (Alternate Take) |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
In an extensive label catalog as uniformly excellent as Blue Note's, it's virtually impossible to pick "the greatest" album. Still, there's little doubt that pianist Andrew Hill's Point of Departure is one of the label's most extraordinary recordings. Hill, a Chicagoan whose varied resumé as a sideman included stints with Dinah Washington, Jackie McLean, the Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis band, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was a perfect addition to the Blue Note roster: a thoroughly modern composer and a thoughtful soloist, capable of handling both leader dates and sideman roles. Indeed, Hill's stature as the leader here would seem arbitrary were the album not all his compositions. Every player on the album is a band leader and trendsetter in his own right: trumpeter Kenny Dorham, reedmen Joe Henderson and Eric Dolphy, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Anthony Williams. Employing a wide variety of meters, Point of Departure covers a broad range of material, from the angular and gripping "Refuge" though the shifting "Spectrum," to the brisk "Flight 19," and introspective closer, "Dedication." It is, in many ways, the classic Blue Note album: an intense, modern, and gripping performance. --Fred Goodman
Un Essentiel amazon.fr
L'incantatoire piano d'Andrew Hill nous ramène à l'Afrique et en distille les capiteux et envoûtants parfums. Dans les années 60, il est le seul pianiste avec Cecil Taylor à proposer un langage vraiment neuf, intercalant entre les temps des blocs d'accords, d'inhabituels intervalles, recourant à des phrases répétées et décalées. Moins agressif que Taylor, Hill n'abandonne pas la tonalité mais s'en écarte, fragmentant un discours le plus souvent mélodique. Ses premiers albums pour Blue Note comptent parmi les plus fascinants disques du catalogue. Le pianiste explore un jazz libre, largement improvisé mais toujours structuré sous un apparent relâchement. Point Of Departure, reste le plus soigné de ses disques sur le plan de la forme. Avec Eric Dolphy jouant de trois instruments, Kenny Dorham qui, loin de sa musique habituelle, fait preuve d'une constante invention, avec Joe Henderson que n'effraie pas la nouveauté et une section rythmique d'une féline souplesse, Andrew Hill crée une musique dense, imprévisible et chargée de mystère. --Pierre de Chocqueuse
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
what jazz can be,
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This review is from: Point Of Departure (Audio CD)
There are many kinds of music, all legitimate and serving a purpose. What I love about jazz is its emphasis on creativity and originality. A jazz musician who simply learns the different styles and assembles enough licks to build "improvised" solos may sound good, bring positive feeling to his listeners, but does not utilize the chances jazz music affords him.All of the musicians on this CD are capable of creative and original jazz. From the more "traditional" Durham to the always modern Dolphy, they are all willing to experiment and create. Andrew Hill is a musician who is never willing to "go through the motions" of playing jazz. Joe Henderson alwyas sounds like himself, and Tony Williams... This CD is true to its name. It is not a complete departure from tradition, and it is never content with staying inside the tradition. It is always on the point of departure from tradition, on the verge of new discoveries, new possibilites. These possibilities concern different "Song Structures", different modes and chord changes, different voicings of the instruments - all different yet connected to what existed before them. It is a pity that 38 years after this music was recorded - it is still regarded as "inaccessible" by most people, and even within those who do listen to jazz, already a minority, there are many who have not opened their ears to what was new in 1964. What does it take to change that ? Anyway, I recommend this cd...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Little-known masterpiece,
By Ricard Giner (cootie@cootiesjazz.com) (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Point Of Departure (Audio CD)
Almost the same band as the one on Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch - but led by the pensive, individualistic pianist and composer Andrew Hill, and coloured lavishly by the imagination of the great tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson. There are elements of the same atonal experimentation and rhythmic splintering of Out to Lunch But I think it's an even better, more accomplished album. There's a witty tribute to Monk called "New Monastery".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Original View atop Hill's Masterpiece,
This review is from: Point Of Departure (Audio CD)
This has to go in my 'top ten Blue Note albums of all time' list. It's not avant or post-bop, it's just Andrew Hill, and the view from atop this hill is fascinating to say the least. The compositions are crafted in a very personal and original way, but Hill gives his players room to navigate freely. Eric Dolphy responds with some of his best playing ever. In fact, I think his playing on this album is even more magical than his own "Out to Lunch". This music is not as hard to swallow as some reviewers may lead you to believe. I find it flowing with melody and lyricism. Just listen several times, and you may enjoy the view as much as I do.
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