Andrew Hill Dance with Death UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
Brilliant pianist and composer Andrew Hill debuted with Blue Note in 1963 with a wave of creativity and remained extremely prolific until the end of the decade, leaving several stunning sessions unreleased. The album "Dance With Death", recorded in 1968 but not released until 1980, was Hill's tenth album for Blue Note and is considered one of the most exciting, if initially underrated, sessions in the pianist's remarkable discography. Hill's music has always been a world of its own, incorporating elements of post-bop and avant-garde without feeling committed to either direction. This 6-song set consists entirely of Hill's unique compositions, including "Yellow Violet," "Fish 'N Rice," and "Love Nocturne," performed by an eclectic quintet that feels at home in both experimental and swinging settings, including Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Joe Farrell on soprano and tenor saxophone, Victor Sproles on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums.
As part of the hugely popular Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically stunning remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as "Tone Poet" and "Classic Vinyl" – as a limited Japan-exclusive UHQCD with OBI Stripe. The original recording session for "Dance With Death" took place on October 11, 1968 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. UHQCDs, unlike conventional CDs, are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now being released with increasing popularity. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not have a SACD player.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Superior Crystal Sound
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
• Playable on conventional CD players

Musicians:

• Charles Tolliver, trumpet
• Joe Farrell, tenor sax, soprano sax
• Andrew Hill, piano
• Victor Sproles, bass
• Billy Higgins, drums

Selections:

1. Yellow Violet
2. Partitions
3. Fish 'N Rice
4. Dance With Death
5. Love Nocturne
6. Black Sabbath