Compulsion (album)
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| Studio album by Andrew Hill | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | October 8, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84217 |
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| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Compulsion!!!!! is a jazz album by pianist Andrew Hill. It was originally released in 1966 under the Blue Note Label as BST 84217. It was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2006.
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[edit] Background and album concept
Hill's intention was to "...construct an album expressing the legacy of the Negro tradition.", and to use the piano more as a percussive instrument than a melodic one.[2] The second number, "Legacy", was dedicated to the Afro-American legacy, and is followed by "Premonition", which Hill described as " indicating not alone a look ahead, but rather a sufficiently revealing look backward, so that you can really begin to know what may come."[2] The album concludes with "Limbo", a 20-bar tune, a piece written to represent the state in which Hill considered the majority of Afro-Americans to be in at the time, not drawing on their heritage.[2]
[edit] Track listing
All compositions by Andrew Hill.
- "Compulsion" - 14:15
- "Legacy" - 5:50
- "Premonition" - 10:32
- "Limbo" - 10:17
[edit] Personnel
- Andrew Hill - piano
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Joe Chambers - drums
- Renaud Simmons - conga, percussion
- Nadi Qamar - percussion, African drums, Thumb piano
- Richard Davis - bass (track 3)
[edit] References
- ^ Huey, Steve. Compulsion (album) at Allmusic
- ^ a b c Original album liner notes, by Nat Hentoff
