"Dance With Death" is a previously unreleased studio session from 1968, finally seeing the light of day over 50 years later. The recording captures Hill in a transitional phase, blending his signature challenging compositions with a more direct, R&B-inflected groove.
- The album was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with engineer Rudy Van Gelder present.
- The session featured a stellar lineup including Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, and Richard Davis on bass.
- "Dance With Death" was shelved by Blue Note at the time of its recording, a fate shared by several other Hill sessions from the late 1960s.
Andrew Hill was a groundbreaking jazz pianist and composer, known for his innovative harmonic language and rhythmic complexity. At the time of "Dance With Death," he was exploring more accessible, soulful sounds, following a period of intense avant-garde experimentation.
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