From California with Love
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From California with Love is a solo album
by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill
recorded in 1978 and released on the Artists House
label. The album features two of Hill's original compositions.
awarded the album 3 stars and stated "The creative pianist is heard on two sidelong solo improvisations on this excellent LP, building his solos from fairly simple themes into works of great complexity and individuality".
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...
recorded in 1978 and released on the Artists House
Artists House
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label. The album features two of Hill's original compositions.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott YanowScott Yanow
Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...
awarded the album 3 stars and stated "The creative pianist is heard on two sidelong solo improvisations on this excellent LP, building his solos from fairly simple themes into works of great complexity and individuality".
Track listing
- All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated
- "From California with Love" - 19:57
- "Reverend DuBop - 18:45
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California on October 12, 1978