''Time Lines'' is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 2005 and released on the

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label in 2006.Andrew Hill discography
accessed October 1, 2010 The album features Hill's final studio recordings.

Background

The albums contains several tributes. The track "Malachi" is dedicated to fellow Chicagoan musician

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, who died in January 2004. Favors played bass on Hill's 1960 debut recording ''

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''. The track "For Emilio", commissioned by

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, was written in honor of painter Emilio Cruz, who died in December 2004, having also lived in Chicago.

Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Hill is still every bit the creative and technically gifted musician he was back in the day; perhaps more so... Hill's gift lies in his ability to employ the tradition exactly as he means to, yet he also seems to look for the mystery inherent in the improvisation and the dialogue of musicians with one another... ''Time Lines'' is yet another landmark in one of the most astonishing careers in the history of jazz".Jurek, T.

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accessed October 1, 2010

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill. # "Malachi" - 7:03 # "Time Lines" - 9:02 # "Ry Round 1" - 9:00 # "For Emilio" - 9:40 # "Whitsuntide" - 8:59 # "Smooth" - 8:14 # "Ry Round 2" - 7:55 # "Malachi" olo Piano Version- 5:32 :*Recorded at Bennett Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on June 23 (tracks 3 & 4), June 30 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-7) and July 18 (track 8), 2005.

Personnel

* Andrew Hill -

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* Greg Tardy - clarinet (tracks 1 & 6), bass clarinet (tracks 3, 4 & 7),

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(tracks 2 & 5) * Charles Tolliver -

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(except 8) *John Hebert - bass (except 8) *Eric McPherson - drums (except 8)

References

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