Dance with Death (album)

Dance With Death
Dance With Death
Studio album by Andrew Hill
Released	1980
Recorded	October 11, 1968
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:43
Label	Blue Note; LT 1030
Producer	Francis Wolff
Andrew Hill chronology

for the episode of The Avengers see Dance with Death (The Avengers)

Dance with Death is a studio album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1968 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.^[1] The album features Hill's quintet performing six original compositions with one alternate take added to the 2004 CD reissue.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	A–^[4]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a phenomenal record, one that wears its adventure and authority well".^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Andrew Hill

"Yellow Violet" - 5:32
"Partitions" - 5:52
"Fish 'n Rice" - 7:31
"Dance With Death" - 6:40
"Love Nocturne" - 6:44
"Black Sabbath" - 6:24
"Dance With Death" [Alternate Take] - 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel[]

Andrew Hill - piano
Charles Tolliver - trumpet
Joe Farrell - soprano saxophone (track 1), tenor saxophone (tracks 2-7)
Victor Sproles - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

References[]

^ Andrew Hill discography accessed September 30, 2010
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 30, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 702. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[Andrew_Hill_discography-1] Andrew Hill discography accessed September 30, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 30, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 702. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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Year(s) indicated are for the recordings only, not first release.
As leader – Blue Note & Mosaic	Black Fire (1963) Smoke Stack (1963) Judgment! (1964) Point of Departure (1964) Andrew!!! (1965) Pax (1965) Compulsion (1965) Change (1966) Grass Roots (1968) Dance with Death (1968) Lift Every Voice (1969) Passing Ships (1969) One for One (1965–70) Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (1967–70) Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill-Solo (1978) Eternal Spirit (1989) But Not Farewell (1990) Time Lines (2006)
As leader – other labels	So in Love (1959) Invitation (1974) Divine Revelation (1975) Spiral (1975) Live at Montreux (1975) From California with Love (1979) Strange Serenade (1980) Faces of Hope (1980) Shades (1986) Verona Rag (1986) Les Trinitaires (1998) Dusk (1999) A Beautiful Day (2002) The Day the World Stood Still (2003)
As co-leader	Dreams Come True (with Chico Hamilton, 1993)
With others	To My Queen (Walt Dickerson, 1962) Domino (Roland Kirk, 1962) Conflict (Jimmy Woods, 1963) No Room for Squares (Hank Mobley, 1963) Our Thing (Joe Henderson, 1963) Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Earth Prayer (Russel Baba, 1992) Summit Conference (Reggie Workman, 1994) The Invisible Hand (Greg Osby, 2000)