Live at Montreux (Andrew Hill album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Live at Montreux

| type = Live album

| artist = Andrew Hill

| cover = Live at Montreux (Andrew Hill album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1975

| recorded = July 20, 1975

| venue = Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 44:17

| label = Freedom

| producer = Michael Cuscuna

| chronology = Andrew Hill

| prev_title = Divine Revelation

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Nefertiti

| next_year = 1976

}}

Live at Montreux is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, a live album of a solo performance recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Freedom label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm Andrew Hill discography] accessed October 4, 2010 The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Duke Ellington tune.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Andrew Hill hadn't been recording much for a few years by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and one wonders why while listening to this very entertaining solo performance".Dryden, K. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r140730|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 4, 2010

Track listing

:All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

  1. "Snake Hip Waltz" - 11:15
  2. "Nefertiti" [mistitled "Nefertisis"] - 10:16
  3. "Relativity" - 17:56
  4. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 4:50

:*Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 20, 1975

Personnel

References