Point of Departure

1965 studio album by Andrew Hill
MusicAlbum album Q111554
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Point of Departure

Summary

Point of Departure is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Point of Departure's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Point of Departure's genre is avant-garde jazz[4].
  • Point of Departure was produced by Alfred Lion[5].
  • Point of Departure was performed by Andrew Hill[6].
  • Point of Departure's record label is recorded as Blue Note[7].
  • Point of Departure's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Point of Departure is part of Andrew Hill's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Point of Departure's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[10].
  • Point of Departure was distributed by vinyl record[11].
  • Point of Departure was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Point of Departure's review score is recorded as 5[13].
  • Point of Departure's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Van Gelder Studio[14].
  • Point of Departure was published on April 1965[15].
  • Point of Departure's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Point of Departure'}[16].
  • Point of Departure's has characteristic is recorded as instrumental album[17].
  • Point of Departure's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+5'}[18].
  • Point of Departure's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1965-04[21]

  • Genre(s): avant-garde jazz, jazz, post-bop[22]

  • Community tags: avant-garde jazz, jazz, post-bop[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d7931540-f35c-3978-9bd8-6e77ab66334d[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Point of Departure was performed by Andrew Hill[6]. It was produced by Alfred Lion[5].

Publication

Point of Departure was published on April 1965[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[10]. Its genre is avant-garde jazz[4]. It is part of Andrew Hill's albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[11] and music streaming[12].

Reception

Point of Departure's review score is recorded as 5[13].

Why It Matters

Point of Departure ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . AllMusic. Retrieved . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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