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pianist Andrew Hill recorded for

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in 1964, but not released until April 1968, and subsequently reissued on CD in 2005 with two alternate takes.Michael Cuscuna, liner notes to the 2005 CD reissue. It features Hill with vibraphonist

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, bassist Richard Davis and drummer

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, along with tenor saxophonist

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, in a rare session away from the

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Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill # "The Griots" - 6:04 # "Black Monday" - 8:55 # "Duplicity" - 6:11 # "Le Serpent Qui Danse" - 6:55 # "No Doubt" - 4:23 # "Symmetry" - 7:08 # "The Griots" lternate- 5:06 # "Symmetry" lternate- 6:31

Personnel

* Andrew Hill -

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

* Richard Davis -

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Charts

References

1968 albums Andrew Hill albums Blue Note Records albums Post-bop albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Avant-garde jazz albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio {{1960s-jazz-album-stub