title: Passing Ships
text: # Passing Ships
  
  Passing Ships is a studio album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill featuring performances recorded in 1969 for the Blue Note label but not released until 2003. The album features Hill with a six-piece horn section performing seven original compositions.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The music here is ambitious. Hill's scoring for one reed, two trumpets, and low brass is remarkable for the time".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Andrew Hill
  
  * "Sideways" - 4:09
  * "Passing Ships" - 7:08
  * "Plantation Bag" - 8:32
  * "Noon Tide" - 9:49
  * "The Brown Queen" - 6:22
  * "Cascade" - 6:27
  * "Yesterday's Tomorrow" - 5:11
  
  Recorded on November 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 6) and November 14 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7), 1969.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Andrew Hill - piano
  * Dizzy Reece - trumpet (solo on tracks 1, 3, 4) Woody Shaw - trumpet (solo on tracks 2, 5-7)
  * Joe Farrell - alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  * Howard Johnson - bass clarinet, tuba
  * Robert Northern - french horn
  * Julian Priester - trombone
  * Ron Carter - bass
  * Lenny White - drums
  