Personnel Kenny Dorham, Trumpet Eric Dolphy, Alto Sax, Flute & Bass Clarinet Joe Henderson, Tenor Sax Andrew Hill, Piano Richard Davis, Bass Anthony.

Point of Departure is a studio album by American jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded and released in 1965 on the Blue Note label. Point of Departure was reissued on CD by Blue Note in 1988 and again in 1999 when recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album, adding alternate takes of "New Monastery", "Flight 19", and "Dedication".

Hill's complex compositions straddled many lines in the early to mid-1960s and crossed over many. Point of Departure, with its all-star lineup (even then), took jazz and wrote a new book on it, excluding nothing. With Eric Dolphy and Joe Henderson on saxophones (Dolphy also played clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute), Richard Davis on bass, Tony Williams on drums, and Kenny Dorham on trumpet, this was a cast created for a jazz fire dance.

Piano, Composed By – Andrew Hill. Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder. Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson. Point Of Departure ‎(LP, Album, Promo, RE). Blue Note, Blue Note. BNJ-71042, BST 84167.

Andrew Hill’s funky yet lyrical piano playing and intricately beautiful compositions seized the attentions of Blue Note’s Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. The pair recorded material for four LPs before the first, Black Fire, was released in 1963. 1965’s Point Of Departure was certainly a peak session for Hill, who was joined by an especially fine and simpatico band: Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute, bass clarinet), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Richard Davis (bass), and Tony Williams (drums). Hill cited Williams as an especially freeing force.

Point of Departure is the fifth album by jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded and released in 1964 on the Blue Note label.

Andrew Hill was a jazz pianist who only made the music he wanted to make. He is probably better known for this album than for all the other albums of his rather big oeuvre. Hill's complex constellations in the early and mid-60's stretched widely between well-known post-bop and avant-garde jazz

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