HighFives Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Jazz musician, Andrew Hill died yesterday. its too bad. sorry no links. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 damn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oatmealblizzard Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Oh, man. That really is some bad news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hodie Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Nels wrote a lovely tribute on his site: http://nelscline.com/news.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Aw, man. I literally just found out now. What a loss. I mean, it's better that he isn't suffering anymore, but he was such a giant. I feel fortunate to have been at that free performance at Trinity Church a few weeks ago that Nels referred to in his eloquent note on his Web site. I'm pretty sure it was Mr. Hill's final public appearance because I know he had canceled a couple of scheduled live tapings at Birdland at the end of March. And I also feel so fortunate to have been able to see that show at the SF Jazz Festival last year where Nels and his group opened for Andrew and his group. Sensational. Kudos to Nels for drawing more attention to some wonderful music with his tribute project. And of course...RIP, Mr. Hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Kudos to Nels for drawing more attention to some wonderful music with his tribute project. And of course...RIP, Mr. Hill. For sure. Another musican with Chicago ties (he was born here and played with several Chicago musicans including Von Freeman if my memory serves me.) He had been sick for some time, but during a week of ultra bad news, this didn't help. Luckily we have the Mr. Hill's fine Blue Note albums reissues in recent years so at least we have his work to listen to for the forseeable future. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Nels I think says it best on this one. Andrew Hill is an amazing musician and jazz visionary and he will be much missed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pnêyu Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Wow, what a loss. His show here last October for the jazz fest was a treat for a number of reasons. Now I realize exactly how monumental the night was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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