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Smoke Stack (album)

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Released
  
Early August 1966

Smoke Stack (1963)
  
Judgment! (1964)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
39:40 (LP) 60:45 (CD)

Artist
  
Andrew Hill

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

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Recorded
  
December 13, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Genres
  
Jazz, Post-bop, Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz

Similar
  
Andrew Hill albums, Jazz albums

Smoke Stack is the third studio album by jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1963 and released in 1964 on Blue Note Records. It was his second recording as leader on the record label. "Ode to Von" is dedicated to saxophonist Von Freeman, whilst "Verne" is dedicated to Hill's first wife, Laverne Gillette. The album is notable for its use of two basses playing simultaneously.

Contents

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:

Personnel

  • Andrew Hill - piano
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Eddie Khan - bass
  • Roy Haynes - drums

    • Songs

    1Smoke Stack5:05
    2The Day After5:12
    3Wailing Wall5:47

    References

    Smoke Stack (album) Wikipedia
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