Andrew Hill, piano
Bobby Hutcherson, vibes
Richard Davis, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
This album always sounds so big for such a small group. To a large extent that's because of Andrew Hill's genius and some of the best players alive when it was made. I remember a long, couple of days long internet brawl I got into over whether or not Elvin Jones was a greater musician than a banal rock skins basher. Really, there's no comparison to be made, one was a great musician, a creative genius, the other one was just predictably bashing, mostly in 4/4 time.
I have a number of these albums and, believe me, as good as it might be to hear the MP4s online, the sound on CD is so much better. The beauty of tone Andrew Hill commanded is an intrinsic part of the experience, you deserve to hear that as close as possible to what it was.
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