Grass Roots is a studio album by American pianist
Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the
Blue Note label.[1] The original album features Hill with trumpeter
Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist
Booker Ervin, bassist
Ron Carter and drummer
Freddie Waits performing five of his originals. The 2000 CD reissue added alternate versions of three of the pieces (and two additional compositions) recorded by a
sextet with trumpeter
Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist
Frank Mitchell, guitarist
Jimmy Ponder, bassist
Reggie Workman and drummer
Idris Muhammad at an earlier session as
bonus tracks.
Reception
The
Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "the songs have strong melodies, even hooks, to bring casual listeners in, but they give the musicians the freedom to find a distinctive voice in their solos".[2]
Grass Roots is a studio album by American pianist
Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the
Blue Note label.[1] The original album features Hill with trumpeter
Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist
Booker Ervin, bassist
Ron Carter and drummer
Freddie Waits performing five of his originals. The 2000 CD reissue added alternate versions of three of the pieces (and two additional compositions) recorded by a
sextet with trumpeter
Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist
Frank Mitchell, guitarist
Jimmy Ponder, bassist
Reggie Workman and drummer
Idris Muhammad at an earlier session as
bonus tracks.
Reception
The
Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "the songs have strong melodies, even hooks, to bring casual listeners in, but they give the musicians the freedom to find a distinctive voice in their solos".[2]