Point of Departure (Andrew Hill album)

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Released April 1965 (1965-04) Point of Departure(1964) Andrew!!!(1964) Release date 1964 Label Blue Note Records		Recorded March 21, 1964 Artist Andrew Hill Producer Alfred Lion

Studio Van Gelder StudioEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey Length 40:11(LP)57:16 (CD reissue) Genres Jazz, Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz Similar Black Fire, Out to Lunch!, Compulsion, Smoke Stack, Idle Moments

Andrew hill point of departure

Point of Departure is the fifth album by jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded and released in 1964 on the Blue Note label.

Point of Departure was reissued on CD by Blue Note in 1988 and again in 1999 when recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album, adding alternate takes of "New Monastery", "Flight 19", and "Dedication".

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek calls the album "a stellar date, essential for any representative jazz collection, and a record that, in the 21st century, still points the way to the future for jazz". The Penguin Guide to Jazz gives the album a four-star rating plus a special "crown" accolade, and includes it as part of a selected "Core Collection." "Dedication" was originally titled "Cadaver" and wants to "express a feeling of great loss". The sad aura of the piece was such that, after playing a section of said piece, Dorham teared up a bit.