Andrew Hill

 

Artist:  Andrew Hill
Born:  June 30, 1931. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died:  April 20, 2007 (Aged 75).  Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments:  Piano, Celeste, Harpsichord

Andrew Hill was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer from Chicago, Illinois.  He played with Miles Davis and Charlie Parker in Midwest and he moved to New York in 1961 to work with singer Dinah Washington.  His status remained largely inside knowledge in the Jazz World for most of his career.

Title:  Judgement (Blue Note Classic Edition) (2025) 

Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Siete Ocho (8:58)

 2.  Flea Flop (7:21)

 3.  Yokada Yokada (5:17)

Side Two:

 1.  Alfred (7:04)

 2.  Judgement (6:53)

 3.  Reconciliation (7:24)

Personnel:  

Andrew Hill:  Piano

Bobby Hutcherson:  Vibraphone

Richard Davis:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Judgement is a studio album by Andrew Hill, originally released on September, 1964 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on November 21, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Corea, Clarke & White

 

Artist:  Corea, Clarke & White

Origin:   USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Modern Jazz, Piano Jazz

Original line-up:

Chick Corea:  Piano

Stanley Clarke:  Bass

Lenny White:  Drums, Percussion

Corea, Clarke & White were an American Supergroup Jazz Trio, consisting of Chick Corea (Piano Ex Return To Forever, Circle, Chick Corea Eectric Band, Chick Corea's Akoustic Band, Five Peace Bnad), Stanley Clarke (Bass Ex Return To Forever ), and Lenny White (Drums Ex Return To Forever), all of whom were former members of the Legendary Jazz Fusion Band Return To Forever.

Title:  Forever (2011)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Modern Jazz, Piano Jazz

Label:  Concord

Rating:   *****

Format:  C D

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  On Green Dolphin Street (8:41)

 2.  Waltz For Debby (9:55)

 3.  Bud Powell (7:10)

 4.  La Cancion de Sofia (7:38)

 5.  Windows (8:54)

 6.  Hackensack (7:30)

 7.  No Mystery (10:55)

 8.  Senor Mouse (12:06)

Disc 2:

 1.  Captain Marvel (4:13)

 2.  Senor Mouse (10:06)

 3.  Crescent (1:45)

 4.  Armando's Rhumba (5:12)

 5.  Renaissance (6:29)

 6.  High Wire:  The Aerialist (3:41)

 7.  I Loves You, Porgy (5:13)

 8.  After The Cosmis Rain (10:38)

 9. Space Circus (6:06)

10. 500 Miles High (12:45)

Personnel:

Chick Corea:  Acoustic Piano on Tracks:  Disc 1:  1-8, Disc 2:  3-7, 10, Keyboards on Tracks:  Disc 2:  1, Disc 2:  8, 9

Stanley Clarke:  Double Bass on Tracks:  Disc 1:  1-8, Disc 2:  1, 4-7, 10,  Electric Bass on Tracks:  Disc 2:  2, 8, 9

Lenny White:  Drums on Tracks:  Disc 1:  1-8, Disc 2:  1-3, 5, 7-9

Guest Musicians:

Jean-Luc Ponty:  Violin on Tracks:  Disc 2:  4, 5, 7-9

Bill Connors:  Guitar on Tracks:  Disc 2:  2, 7-9

Chaka Khan:  Vocals on Tracks:  Disc 6, 7

Forever is a Double CD Album by Corea, Clarke & White, released on June 6, 2011 by Concord, featuring Guests:  Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Connors and Chaka Khan.

Chick Corea

 

Artist:  Chick Corea

Birth Name:  Amando Anthony Corea

Born:  June 2, 1941.  Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Died:  February 9, 2021 (Aged 79).  Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano, Keyboards,Vibraphone, Drums

Chick Corea was an American Jazz Composer, Pianist, Keyboardist, Bandleader and occasional Percussionist.  He was a member of Miles Davis's Band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of Jazz Fusion.  In the 1970s he formed Return To Forever.  He was also along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett.  He is considered one of the foremost Jazz Pianist of the post-John Coltrane.   He continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.

Artist:  Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride

Title:  Trilogy 3 (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Label:  Candid

Rating:   *****

Format:  C D

Tracks:

 1.  Humpty Dumpty (10:12)

 2.  Windows (9:35)

 3.  Ask Me Now (8:51)

 4.  You'd Be So Easy To Love (15:22)

 5.  Trinkle Tinkle (6:48)

 6.  Scarlantti:  Sonata In D Minor 9, L413 Allegro (6:04)

 7.  Spanish Song (11:13)

 8.  Tempus Fugit (9:00)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Humpty Dumpty (10:12)

 2.  Windows (9:35)

Sice B:

 1.  Trinkle Tinkle (6:48)

 2.  You'd Be So Easy To Love (15:22)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Ask Me Now (8:51)

 2.  Scarlantti:  Sonata In D Minor 9, L413 Allegro (6:04)

Side D:

 1.  Spanish Song (11:13)

 2.  Tempus Fugit (9:00)

Personnel:

Chick Corea:  Piano

Christian McBride:  Bass

Brian Blade:  Drums

Trilogy 3 is a live album and the final tour of Chick Corea by Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, released on February 28, 2025 by Candid.  For Fans of Chick Corea.

Chick Corea Elektric Band

 

Artist:  Chick Corea

Birth Name:  Amando Anthony Corea

Born:  June 2, 1941.  Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Died:  February 9, 2021 (Aged 79).  Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano, Keyboards,Vibraphone, Drums

Chick Corea was an American Jazz Composer, Pianist, Keyboardist, Bandleader and occasional Percussionist.  He was a member of Miles Davis's Band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of Jazz Fusion.  In the 1970s he formed Return To Forever.  He was also along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett.  He is considered one of the foremost Jazz Pianist of the post-John Coltrane.   He continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.

Artist:  Chick Corea Electric Band

Title:  Chick Corea Electric Band (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Label:  Candid

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side 1:

 1.  City Gate (0:54)

 2.  Rumble (4:04)

 3.  Side Walk (3:48)

 4.  Cool Weasel Boogie (6:43)

Side 2:

 1.  Got A Match? (5:38)

 2.  Elektric City (4:07)

 3.  No Zone (5:29)

LP 2:

Side 3:

 1.  King Cockroach (6:56)

 2.  India Town (5:06)

Side 4:

 1.  All Love (5:45)

 2.  Silver Temple (8:32)

Personnel:

Chick Corea:  Keyboards, Syntesizer, Programming

John Patitucci:  Electric & Acoustic Bass

Dave Weckl:   Acoustic & Electronic Drums, Percussion

Scott Henderson:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 3/1, 4/1

Carlos Rios:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/3, 4, 2/2

Chick Corea Electric Band is an album by Chick Corea Electric Band, originally in 1986, remastered and reissued on June 14, 2024 by Candid.  Great Album, and Very Good Jazz Rock Album.

Cecil Taylor

Artist:  Cecil Taylor

Birth Name:  Cecil Percival Taylor

Born:  March 25, 1929.  Long Island City, New York, USA

Died:  April 5, 2018 (Aged 89).  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Improviser, Poet

Instruments:  Piano

Cecil Taylor was an American Musician and Pianist.  He was one of the pioneers of Free Jazz.  He has been referred to as being like Art Tatum with contemporary-classical leanings.

 

Title:  Unit Structures (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Steps (10:20)

 2.  Enter, Evening (11:06)

Side 2:

 1.  Unit Structure/As Of A Now/Section (17:47)

 2.  Tales (8 Whisps) (7:14)

Personnel:

Cecil Taylor:  Piano, Bells

Eddie Gale:  Trumpet

Jimmy Lyons:  Alto Saxophone

Ken McIntyre:  Alto Saxophone, Oboe , Bass Clarinet

Henry Grimes:  Double Bass

Alan Silva:  Double Bass

Andrew Cyrille:  Drums

Unit Structures is an album by Cecil Taylor, originally released on October 1966 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 18, 2023 by Blue Note.  Audiophile Vinyl 180 Gram.

Andrew Hill

 

Artist:  Andrew Hill
Born:  June 30, 1931. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died:  April 20, 2007 (Aged 75).  Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments:  Piano, Celeste, Harpsichord

Andrew Hill was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer from Chicago, Illinois.  He played with Miles Davis and Charlie Parker in Midwest and he moved to New York in 1961 to work with singer Dinah Washington.  His status remained largely inside knowledge in the Jazz World for most of his career.

Title:  Dance With Death (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz. Avant-Garde Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Yellow Violet (5:32)

 2.  Partitions (5:52)

 3.  Fish In Rice (7:31)

Side B:

 1.  Dance With Death (6:40)

 2.  Love Nocturne (6:44)

 3.  Bac Sabbath (6:24)

Personnel:

Andrew Hill:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet

Joe Farrell:  Soprano Saxophone on Track A1, Tenor Saxophone on Track A2, A3, B1-3

Victor Sproles:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Dance With Death is a studio album by Andrew Hill, originally in 1980 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on March 3, 2023 by Blue Note Records.   Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.

Brad Mehldau

 

Artist:  Brad Mehldau

Birth Name:  Bradford Alexander Mehldau

Born:  August 23, 1970.  Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Modern Creative, Straight Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Classical

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger

Instruments:  Piano

Brad Mehldau is an American Jazz Pianist, Musician, Composer and Arranger.  He was a member of Saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quartet with Bassist Christian McBride and Drummer Brian Blade in the mid-1990s, and has led his own trio since the early 1990s.  His first long-term Trio featured Larry Grenadler (Bass), Jorge Rossy (Drums), in 2005 Jeff Ballard replaced Rossy.  He had recorded with Guitarist Pat Metheny, writing and playing song cycles for Classical Singers Renee Fleming, Anne Sofie von Otter and Ian Bostridge.

Title:  Your Mother Should Know:  Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Modern Creative, Straight Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Classical

Label:  Nonesuch

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  I Am The Walrus (4:14)

 2.  Your Mother Should Know (2:18)

 3.  I Saw Her Standing There (3:54)

 4.  For No One (2:28)

 5.  Baby's In Black (7:19)

 6.  She Said She Said (2:42)

 7.  Here, There And Everywhere (3:58)

 8.  If I Needed Someone (2:25)

 9.  Maxwell's Silver Hammer (6:42)

10. Golden Slumbers (8:17)

11. Life On Mars? (4:09)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  I Am The Walrus (4:14)

 2.  Your Mother Should Know (2:18)

 3.  I Saw Her Standing There (3:54)

 4.  For No One (2:28)

 5.  Baby's In Black (7:19)

 6.  She Said She Said (2:42)

 7.  Here, There And Everywhere (3:58)

Side B:

 8.  If I Needed Someone (2:25)

 9.  Maxwell's Silver Hammer (6:42)

10. Golden Slumbers (8:17)

11. Life On Mars? (4:09)

Personnel:

Brad Mehldau:  Piano

Your Mother Should Know:  Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles is a live solo album by Brad Mehdau, released on February 10, 2023 by Nonesuch Records, plays The Beatles' songs.