Jazz Artist Of The Year
March, 2006
Since day one jazz has held a special place at Playboy, Last year, for the first time, we named our Playboy Jazz Artist of the Year, acknowledging the achievements of an exceptional artist, pianist Jason Moran. This year we honor another piano player, Andrew Hill. Long known as a link between the rigors of bebop and the discursiveness of free jazz, Hill is one of the genre's great composers. Over the course of a long career he has established himself as a profound innovator with his distinctivel...
