Verona Rag

1987 studio album by Andrew Hill

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
| Shades
(1986)  | Verona Rag
(1987)  | Eternal Spirit
(1989)

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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 ratingsReview 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

1. "Retrospect" - 14:25
2. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:14
3. "Verona Rag" - 16:33
4. "Tinkering" - 4:22
5. "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]

1. ^ Andrew Hill discography accessed October 1, 2010
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 1, 2010
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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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)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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