Any of his early run of albums on Blue Note is pretty great, though Point of Departure is usually considered the go-to album (and with good reason; it's wonderful).

Reason I bring Andrew Hill up is because he was one of those guys like Bobby Hutcherson or Harold Land that could chameleonize their playing and adapt to whatever style the session demanded. But they were always pushing boundaries and were a little bit "out" even on their tamest records (take Hill's Grassroots album, for example; the first cut is a straight soul jazz tune, but the rest of the album is back to Hill's usual in-but-slightly-out playing).

And plus, in an era when everybody either sounded like Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner or Bill Evans, Andrew Hill had a very unique voice as a pianist.

And, I mean, yeah: the importance of "getting" Ornette on Atlantic can't really be understated. Shape of Jazz to Come is actually pretty tame compared to, say, Coltrane's Om.

Pleased to see this topic here.


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