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Point of Departure

1965 studio album by Andrew Hill
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Summary

Point of Departure is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (673 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: avant-garde jazz[3]
  • Producer: Alfred Lion[4]
  • Performer: Andrew Hill[5]
  • Record label: Blue Note[6]
  • Place of publication: United States[7]
  • Part of: Andrew Hill's albums in chronological order[8]
  • Language of work or name: no linguistic content[9]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[10], music streaming[11]
  • Review score: 5[12], 100[13]
  • Recorded at studio or venue: Van Gelder Studio[14]
  • Publication date: April 1965[15]
  • Title: Point of Departure[16]
  • Has characteristic: instrumental album[17]
  • Number of parts of this work: 5 audio track[18]
  • Form of creative work: studio album[19]

Why It Matters

Point of Departure has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Blue Note United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Krzysztof 13 · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → Alfred Lion
    Distribution format → vinyl record, music streaming
    Part of → Andrew Hill's albums in chronological order
    Instance of → album
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Review score: 100"
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