Black Fire (album)

Black Fire is a studio album by American jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, released on Blue Note Records in 1964. It was Hill's debut for the label. Initially, Philly Joe Jones was scheduled to play on the album, but was replaced by Roy Haynes after scheduling issues. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the album "an impressive statement of purpose that retains much of its power decades after its initial release... a modern jazz classic."[3]

Black Fire
Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of March/early April 1964[1]
RecordedNovember 8 & 9, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenrePost-bop, modal jazz
Length40:43
LabelBlue Note
BST 84151
ProducerAlfred Lion
Andrew Hill chronology
So in Love
(1960)
Black Fire
(1964)
Smoke Stack
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill.

  1. "Pumpkin'" – 5:24
  2. "Subterfuge" – 8:04
  3. "Black Fire" – 6:56
  4. "Cantarnos" – 5:42
  5. "Tired Trade" – 5:51
  6. "McNeil Island" – 2:58
  7. "Land of Nod" – 5:48

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

  1. "Pumpkin'" [Alternate Take] - 5:16
  2. "Black Fire" [Alternate Take] - 5:48

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Apr 11, 1964
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed 30 March 2009
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