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Also known as Andrew Hille

American jazz pianist and composer (1931-2007)

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1931-06-30
Active to
2007-04-20

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Andrew Hill (born June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Hill first recorded as a sideman in 1955, but his reputation was made by his Blue Note recordings as leader from 1963 to 1969, which featured several other important post-bop musicians including Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and Tony Williams, as well as two of John Gilmore's rare outings away from Sun Ra. Hill also played on albums by Hutcherson (Dialogue <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Andrew
Family name
Hill
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Port-au-Prince
Place of death
Jersey City
Languages spoken
English language
Student of
Paul Hindemith
Genre
bebop
Instrument
piano
Record label
Blue Note
Official website
www.andrewhilljazz.com
Image
Andrew Hill.jpg
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date of birth
1931-06-30
Commons category
Andrew Hill
cause of death
lung cancer
date of death
2007-04-20
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Andrew Hill
start of work period
1954-00-00
end of work period
2006-00-00
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