Strange Serenade

Strange Serenade is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded in June 1980 and released later that year on the Italian label Soul Note.^[1]

Strange Serenade
Studio album by Andrew Hill
Released	1980
Recorded	June 13–14, 1980
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:59
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Andrew Hill chronology
From California with Love (1979) Strange Serenade (1980) Faces of Hope (1980)

The album features three of Hill's original compositions and one by Laverne Hill. Performed in a trio format, Strange Serenade showcases Hill's distinctive approach to jazz, characterized by his innovative use of harmony and rhythm.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Hill enters the '80s on a stirring trio note."^[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3 stars and noted, "This is as dour and dark as anything Hill has committed to record. Silva and Waits are ideal partners in music that isn't so much minor-key as surpassingly ambiguous in its harmonic language. Hill seems, on occasion, to be exploring ideas that can be traced back to Bud Powell—not the straight bebop language so much as the more impressionistic aspects. There are curious, light broken triplets and wide-interval phrases that seem to come straight from Bud's last recordings."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

1. "Mist Flower" - 15:26
2. "Strange Serenade" - 7:03
3. "Reunion" - 8:50
4. "Andrew" (Laverne Hill) - 10:40

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy on June 13 & 14, 1980

Personnel

• Andrew Hill - piano
• Alan Silva - bass
• Freddie Waits - drums