Verona Rag

Verona Rag
Verona Rag
Studio album by Andrew Hill
Released	1987
Recorded	July 5, 1986
Studio	Jingle Machine Studios, Milan
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:59
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Hill chronology

Verona Rag is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1986 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987.^[1] The solo album features three of Hill's original compositions and two jazz standards.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Hill, a true individualist, embodies the best in creative jazz".^[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

"Retrospect" - 14:25
"Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:14
"Verona Rag" - 16:33
"Tinkering" - 4:22
"Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) - 6:25

Recorded at Jingle Machine Studios, Milan, Italy on July 5, 1986

Personnel[edit]

Andrew Hill - piano

References[edit]

^ Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Andrew_Hill_discography-1] Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Andrew Hill
Year(s) indicated are for the recordings only, not first release.
As leader – Blue Note & Mosaic	Black Fire (1963) Smoke Stack (1963) Judgment! (1964) Point of Departure (1964) Andrew!!! (1965) Pax (1965) Compulsion (1965) Change (1966) Grass Roots (1968) Dance with Death (1968) Lift Every Voice (1969) Passing Ships (1969) One for One (1965–70) Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (1967–70) Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill-Solo (1978) Eternal Spirit (1989) But Not Farewell (1990) Time Lines (2006)
As leader – other labels	So in Love (1959) Invitation (1974) Divine Revelation (1975) Spiral (1975) Live at Montreux (1975) From California with Love (1979) Strange Serenade (1980) Faces of Hope (1980) Shades (1986) Verona Rag (1986) Les Trinitaires (1998) Dusk (1999) A Beautiful Day (2002) The Day the World Stood Still (2003)
As co-leader	Dreams Come True (with Chico Hamilton, 1993)
With others	To My Queen (Walt Dickerson, 1962) Domino (Roland Kirk, 1962) Conflict (Jimmy Woods, 1963) No Room for Squares (Hank Mobley, 1963) Our Thing (Joe Henderson, 1963) Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Earth Prayer (Russel Baba, 1992) Summit Conference (Reggie Workman, 1994) The Invisible Hand (Greg Osby, 2000)