Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure (SHM-SACD single layer)

Legendary producer Alfred Lion believed he had found a new pianist and composer in Andrew Hill who could rival the legendary Thelonious Monk in terms of charisma and originality. Hill made his debut in the Blue Note catalog in 1963 with an impressive creativity that led to the production of four albums within just five months, all of which were to become jazz classics: “Black Fire”, “Smoke Stack”, “Judgment” and “Point Of Departure”, his greatest masterpiece.

The album helped broaden Hill’s artistic horizons, as the band consisted of six instrumentalists with very different characteristics: the great Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, double bassist Richard Davis and drummer Tony Williams. This extraordinary sextet recorded unforgettable reinterpretations of famous pieces such as “Refuge”, “New Monastery”, “Flight 19” and “Dedication”. The recording sessions for “Point Of Departure” took place on March 21, 1964 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series”, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for the analog reissues of Blue Note US such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited-edition, high-resolution SHM-SACD version (192 kHz/24 bit, Single-Layer).

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1. Refuge

2. New Monastery

3. Spectrum

4. Flight 19

5. Dedication