"The pianist/composer’s legendary debut and the beginning of a glittering 16-album Blue Note career features an all-star band of Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Richard Davis (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums). It is a spectacular selection of original compositions with no covers or standards, a rarity for a Blue Note record. ""Black Fire"" represents the beginning of a remarkably fertile period for Hill, recording three further classic albums (""Smokestack"", ""Judgment!"" and ""Point of Departure"") in the subsequent four months. Features an iconic Reid Miles cover and liner notes by esteemed poet and critic AB Spellman.

This stereo Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket."

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