Shades (Andrew Hill album)

Shades
Shades
Studio album by Andrew Hill
Released	1988
Recorded	July 3–4, 1986
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milano
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:21
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Hill chronology

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Shades is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1986 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1988.^[1] The album features six of Hill's original compositions, four performed by a quartet and two by a trio.

Reception

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

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow wrote: "Stimulating and unusual music that is difficult to classify as anything but 'modern jazz'".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill

"Monk's Glimpse" - 4:36
"Tripping" (aka "Naked Spirit") - 6:31
"Chilly Mac" - 5:29
"Ball Square" - 5:34
"Domani" - 7:28
"La Verne" - 13:43

Recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy on July 3 & 4, 1986

Personnel

Andrew Hill - piano
Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6)
Rufus Reid - bass
Ben Riley - drums

References

^ Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1]

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)

v t e Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blowing in from Chicago (1957) Cliff Jordan (1957) Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957) Cliff Craft (1957) Spellbound (1960) A Story Tale (1961) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Soul Fountain (1966) In the World (1969) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Drink Plenty Water (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975) Remembering Me-Me (1976) Inward Fire (1977) The Adventurer (1978) Hello, Hank Jones (1978) Hyde Park After Dark (1981) Repetition (1984) Dr. Chicago (1984) Two Tenor Winner (1984) The Rotterdam Session (1985) Royal Ballads (1986) Live at Ethell's (1987) Masters from Different Worlds (1989) Four Play (1990) The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91) Play What You Feel (1990) Down Through the Years (1991)
With Art Farmer	Mirage (1982) You Make Me Smile (1984) Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987) Blame It on My Youth (1988) Ph.D. (1989)
With Charles Mingus	Cornell 1964 (March 1964) Town Hall Concert (April 1964) Astral Weeks (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)
With Lee Morgan	Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Expoobident (1960) Take Twelve (1962)
With Max Roach	Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
With Cedar Walton	Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) The Pentagon (1976)
With others	Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957) Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972) Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985) Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961) Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986) Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958) Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970) What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)