| Point of Departure | ||||
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| Released | April 1965[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 21, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 40:11 (LP) 57:16 (CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Point of Departure is a studio album by American jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, recorded in 1964 and released in 1965 on the Blue Note label. It features Hill in a sextet with alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Tony Williams.
Point of Departure was reissued on CD by Blue Note in 1988 and again in 1999 when recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album, adding alternate takes of "New Monastery", "Flight 19", and "Dedication".