The Penguin Guide to Jazz hailed the album as "one of the peaks of Murray's career...Murray has significantly toned down his delivery from the immediately previous sessions and sounds altogether more thoughtful...This is an essential modern album." [1]
Gary Giddins also called The Hill "one of [Murray's] best recordings...a consistently provocative trio session with superb work by bassist Richard Davis and drummer Joe Chambers. Nowhere is Murray's disarming authority more forceful than on 'Fling,' a Butch Morris infrastructure of melody and rhythm that's coolly lyrical on the surface and tricky at the core. It's an enigmatic double-tiered piece in seven/four, with an ascending seven-measure episode of chromatic whole notes in the middle...Murray sails through the unusual meter and phrase lengths as though they were no more difficult than a waltz."[2]
The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars, stating that "The Hill offers an accurate snapshot of Murray in the mid-'80s, straddling the mainstream and avant-garde and proving himself quite adept in either.".[3]
^Hull, Tom. "David Murray". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved May 27, 2024 – via tomhull.com.
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hill, david, murray, album, hill, album, david, murray, released, italian, black, saint, label, 1987, features, performances, murray, richard, davis, chambers, hillstudio, album, david, murray, trioreleased1987recordednovember, 1986genrejazzlength48, 39labelbl. The Hill is an album by David Murray released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1987 It features performances by Murray Richard Davis and Joe Chambers The HillStudio album by David Murray TrioReleased1987RecordedNovember 29 1986GenreJazzLength48 39LabelBlack SaintDavid Murray Trio chronologyI Want to Talk About You 1986 The Hill 1987 The Healers 1987 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editThe Penguin Guide to Jazz hailed the album as one of the peaks of Murray s career Murray has significantly toned down his delivery from the immediately previous sessions and sounds altogether more thoughtful This is an essential modern album 1 Gary Giddins also called The Hill one of Murray s best recordings a consistently provocative trio session with superb work by bassist Richard Davis and drummer Joe Chambers Nowhere is Murray s disarming authority more forceful than on Fling a Butch Morris infrastructure of melody and rhythm that s coolly lyrical on the surface and tricky at the core It s an enigmatic double tiered piece in seven four with an ascending seven measure episode of chromatic whole notes in the middle Murray sails through the unusual meter and phrase lengths as though they were no more difficult than a waltz 2 The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars stating that The Hill offers an accurate snapshot of Murray in the mid 80s straddling the mainstream and avant garde and proving himself quite adept in either 3 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Tom HullA 5 Track listing edit Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies 8 25 The Hill 9 00 Fling Butch Morris 7 09 Take the Coltrane Duke Ellington 7 42 Herbie Miller 5 52 Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn 10 31 All compositions by David Murray except as indicated Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios NYC November 29 1986Personnel editDavid Murray tenor saxophone bass clarinet Richard Davis bass Joe Chambers drums vibesReferences edit Cook Richard Brian Morton 2008 1992 David Murray The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings The Penguin Guide to Jazz 9th ed New York Penguin p 1061 ISBN 978 0 14 103401 0 Giddins Gary David Murray Visions of Jazz The First Century Oxford United Kingdom Oxford University Press p 567 ISBN 9780195076752 a b Olewnick B Allmusic Review accessed July 9 2011 Cook Richard Morton Brian 2008 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th ed Penguin p 1059 ISBN 978 0 141 03401 0 Hull Tom David Murray Tom Hull on the Web Retrieved May 27 2024 via tomhull com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Hill David Murray album amp oldid 1225966372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
