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Andrew Hill

1931 - 2007

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Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz critic John Fordham described Hill as a "uniquely gifted composer, pianist and educator" although "his status remained largely inside knowledge in the jazz world for most of his career." Hill recorded for Blue Note Records for nearly a decade, producing a dozen albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Hill has received more than 128,270 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Andrew Hill is the 2,043rd most popular musician (up from 2,090th in 2019), the 10,608th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,939th in 2019) and the 806th most popular American Musician.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Andrew Hill ranks 2,043 out of 3,175. Before him are Iva Bittová, Paul Winter, Necrobutcher, Tabea Zimmermann, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, and Roy Bittan. After him are Guy Lombardo, Nick Lowe, Leif Ove Andsnes, Anders Fridén, T Bone Burnett, and Geri Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Andrew Hill ranks 542. Before him are Dean Smith, Georgi Vladimov, Josephine Tewson, Jerry Herman, Bernie Geoffrion, and Boris Gurevich. After him are Bruce C. Murray, Arthur Fry, Felix Sobolev, George Baker, Elliott Belgrave, and Flora Nwapa. Among people deceased in 2007, Andrew Hill ranks 368. Before him are Kevin DuBrow, Robert Taylor, David Halberstam, Jeong Da-bin, Mehmed Uzun, and Alice Ghostley. After him are Herb McKenley, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, Yelena Romanova, Dadullah, and Yelena Petushkova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Hill ranks 10,608 out of 20,380. Before him are Gladys Brockwell (1893), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Harold J. Stone (1913), Dawn Wells (1938), and Roy Bittan (1949). After him are Louis Kuehn (1901), Christine Korsgaard (1952), June Christy (1925), Kathy Ellis (1946), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), and Bruce C. Murray (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Andrew Hill ranks 806. Before him are David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), and Roy Bittan (1949). After him are T Bone Burnett (1948), Geri Allen (1957), John Prine (1946), Scott Asheton (1949), Malcolm Bilson (1935), and Sam Jones (1924).

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