A Beautiful Day

A Beautiful Day
A Beautiful Day
Live album by Andrew Hill
Released	2002
Recorded	January 24–26, 2002
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:28
Label	Palmetto
Producer	Matt Balitsaris
Andrew Hill chronology

A Beautiful Day is a live album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 2002 at Birdland in New York City and released on the Palmetto label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars and stated "this remarkable live album... boasts a large ensemble, billed at Birdland and previous gigs as the Andrew Hill Sextet + 11. Despite a large regiment of horns, Hill's reflective piano figures prominently... With its wide array of available textures and juxtapositions, the big band proves an ideal vehicle for Hill's powerful, unclassifiable music".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill.

"Divine Revelation" – 8:19
"Faded Beauty" – 11:28
"Bellezza" – 8:43
"5 Mo" – 6:42
"New Pinnochio" – 7:36
"J Di" – 5:50
"A Beautiful Day" – 11:44
"11/8" – 1:06

Recorded at Birdland, New York City on January 24–26, 2002

Personnel

Andrew Hill – piano
John Savage – flute (tracks 2 & 4), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
Marty Ehrlich – clarinet (track 4), bass clarinet (track 2), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
Aaron Stewart, Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone
J. D. Parran – baritone saxophone
Dave Ballou, Laurie Frink, Ron Horton (tracks 1-6), Bruce Staalens – trumpet
Mike Fahn, Joe Fielder, Charlie Gordon – trombone
Jose D'avila – tuba
Scott Colley – bass
Nasheet Waits – drums

References

^ Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010
^ ^a ^b Adler, D. R. Allmusic Review accessed October 1, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 703. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Andrew_Hill_discography-1] Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Adler, D. R. Allmusic Review accessed October 1, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 703. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Andrew Hill
Year(s) indicated are for the recordings only, not first release.
As leader – Blue Note & Mosaic	Black Fire (1963) Smoke Stack (1963) Judgment! (1964) Point of Departure (1964) Andrew!!! (1965) Pax (1965) Compulsion (1965) Change (1966) Grass Roots (1968) Dance with Death (1968) Lift Every Voice (1969) Passing Ships (1969) One for One (1965–70) Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (1967–70) Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill-Solo (1978) Eternal Spirit (1989) But Not Farewell (1990) Time Lines (2006)
As leader – other labels	So in Love (1959) Invitation (1974) Divine Revelation (1975) Spiral (1975) Live at Montreux (1975) From California with Love (1979) Strange Serenade (1980) Faces of Hope (1980) Shades (1986) Verona Rag (1986) Les Trinitaires (1998) Dusk (1999) A Beautiful Day (2002) The Day the World Stood Still (2003)
As co-leader	Dreams Come True (with Chico Hamilton, 1993)
With others	To My Queen (Walt Dickerson, 1962) Domino (Roland Kirk, 1962) Conflict (Jimmy Woods, 1963) No Room for Squares (Hank Mobley, 1963) Our Thing (Joe Henderson, 1963) Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Earth Prayer (Russel Baba, 1992) Summit Conference (Reggie Workman, 1994) The Invisible Hand (Greg Osby, 2000)