2024.01.08 Peter Apfelbaum on Andrew Hill, Hampton Hawes, Mulatu - 1 of 3

This music is at its best when the artist is showing you exactly who they are.  Pianist Andrew Hill always seemed able to take us inside his internal mindscape of thoughts, puzzles and emotions.  Whether alone or in an ensemble, in both his playing and his writing, he did so with an articulateness that could seem offhand but betrayed a distinct precision.  It was just... him.   Multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum knew Andrew Hill and draws inspiration from him to this day.  Host Mitch Goldman is going to ask him if he really was the way he seemed in his music.  Did he talk the way he played?  Once again, the WKCR archives come through with gobsmacking rarities from both the early Seventies and the early 2000s.   This Monday Jan. 8 on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD and wkcr.org.  Next week it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/   Photo credit: Andrew Hill by Francis Wolff from AndrewHillJazz.com.   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #PeterApfelbaum #AndrewHill #AndrewHillJazz #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast