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Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill album)

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Released
  
June 1970

Artist
  
Andrew Hill

Producer
  
Francis Wolff

Genre
  
Jazz

Lift Every Voice (1969-70)
  
Passing Ships (1969)

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
May 16, 1969; March 6 & 13, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length
  
32:40 original LP 70:15 CD reissue

Similar
  
Andrew Hill albums, Jazz albums

Lift Every Voice is the twelfth album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label in 1970. The original album features Hill with a large choir performing five original compositions and the 2001 CD reissue added six additional compositions recorded in 1970 as bonus tracks.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "remarkably advanced fusion of voices and jazz quintet".

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill
  1. "Hey Hey" - 7:55
  2. "Lift Every Voice" - 8:06
  3. "Two Lullabies" - 5:44
  4. "Love Chant" - 5:42
  5. "Ghetto Lights" - 5:13

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Blue Spark" - 5:57
  2. "A Tender Tale" - 6:58
  3. "Drew's Tune" - 6:22
  4. "Mother Mercy" - 5:16
  5. "Natural Spirit" - 7:25
  6. "Such It Is" - 5:37

Recorded on May 16, 1969 (tracks 1-5), March 6, 1970 (tracks 6-8) and March 13, 1970 (tracks 9-11).

Personnel

Original LP (1-5):

  • Andrew Hill - piano
  • Woody Shaw - trumpet
  • Carlos Garnett - tenor saxophone
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Freddie Waits - drums
  • Joan Johnson, LaReine LaMar, Gail Nelson, Antenett Goodman Ray - vocals
  • Lawrence Marshall - vocals, conductor

    • Bonus tracks, 1970 recording (6-11):

  • Andrew Hill - piano
  • Lee Morgan - trumpet
  • Bennie Maupin - alto flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums
  • Benjamin Franklin Carter, Milt Grayson, Hugh Harnell, Ron Steward, Lillian Williams - vocals
  • Lawrence Marshall - vocals, conductor

    • Songs

    1Hey Hey7:56
    2Lift Every Voice8:06
    3Two Lullabies5:44

    References

    Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill album) Wikipedia
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