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Passing Ships
| Recorded | Nov 7-14, 1969 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 140565 |
The record
A nine-piece date scored with the same harmonic daring as Hill's trio work, its brass and reeds -- tuba, french horn, english horn among them -- opening onto orchestral colors rarely heard on Blue Note. Shelved for decades before its release, it stands as one of the era's most ambitious large-ensemble statements from the pianist-composer.
Session personnel
- Ron Carter — bass
- Lenny White — drums
- Robert Northern — french horn
- Andrew Hill — piano
- Joe Farrell — soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet, english horn
- Julian Priester — trombone
- Dizzy Reece — trumpet
- Woody Shaw — trumpet
- Howard Johnson — tuba, bass clarinet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 2003 | Blue Note · 7243 5 90417 2 8 — CD, Album, Limited Edition · RVG stamp |
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| 2003 | Blue Note · 7243 5 93871 2 3 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Limited Edition, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2003 | Blue Note · 7243 5 90417 2 8 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo · RVG stamp |
| — | Par Media Music · ZZ-69/05GP0001895 — CD, Album, Unofficial Release · RVG stamp |
| 2003 | Blue Note — File, MP3, Album, VBR |
| 2021 | Blue Note — STEREO |
| — | Blue Note — File, WAV, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
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