Verona Rag

1987 studio album by Andrew Hill
Verona Rag
Studio album by
Andrew Hill
Released1987
RecordedJuly 5, 1986
StudioJingle Machine Studios, Milan
GenreJazz
Length47:59
LabelSoul Note
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Hill chronology
Shades
(1986) 		Verona Rag
(1987) 		Eternal Spirit
(1989)

Verona Rag is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1986 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987.[1] The solo album features three of Hill's original compositions and two jazz standards.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Hill, a true individualist, embodies the best in creative jazz".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated
  1. "Retrospect" - 14:25
  2. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:14
  3. "Verona Rag" - 16:33
  4. "Tinkering" - 4:22
  5. "Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) - 6:25
  • Recorded at Jingle Machine Studios, Milan, Italy on July 5, 1986

Personnel

  • Andrew Hill - piano

References

  1. ^ Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Andrew Hill
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
As co-leader
  • Dreams Come True (with Chico Hamilton, 1993)
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others
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