Liner Notes

One of the boldest statements in the Andrew Hill discography, 1965’s Compulsion was the pianist’s expression of the avant-garde through the prism of jazz music’s roots in African rhythms. Hill’s percussive piano drives an intrepid ensemble through four evocative originals—"Compulsion,” “Legacy,” “Premonition,” and “Limbo”—given deeply engaged performances by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard , saxophonist John Gilmore , bassists Cecil McBee and Richard Davis , drummer Joe Chambers , and percussionists Nedi Qamar and Renaud Simmons .