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Hill Collective

Hill Collective is a jazz ensemble based in Brighton, UK. Led by saxophonist and composer Pete Piskov, the group offers a fresh musical attitude, employing modern improvisation techniques and nuanced compositions - a soulful, avant-garde addition to the bustling UK jazz landscape.

Hill Collective: Tonal Prophecy

by Adam Nolan
June 15, 2024

Improvisation meets The Wizard of Oz. Sun Ra meets a community choir vibe. Saxophone, trombone, and trumpet shake the ceiling, and the electric bass takes us into some kind of rhumba. Hill Collective from Brighton, UK, has something to tell us. There is a hip vibe to this. Accessibility is visible, as is the accuracy of parts played. The house is eerie yet still interesting and inspiring enough to enter the door to a land of forgotten dreams. ...

Album Review

Hill Collective: Tonal Prophecy

Read "Tonal Prophecy" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
June 3, 2024

The eight-piece Hill Collective hails from deep space via Brighton, a town an hour's train ride from London on Britain's south coast. In the contradictory way of many so-called collectives, it appears to have a leader, the alto saxophonist and composer/arranger Pete Piskov. But Piskov is there to marshal the madness not to repress it. Tonal Prophecy is the ensemble's first studio album. It comes with resonances of Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and the long gone ...

"Enthusiastically embracing the full gamut of freewheeling experimentation ... from wonky bossas to deranged swinging Mingus-ism, this new release from Hill Collective is a compelling refutation to anyone who still thinks that jazz is no fun"

- Eddie Myer (New Generation Jazz / QOW Trio)

"Hill Collective seem at ease creating some of the boldest, bombastic and liberating music I have heard from any other release ... Fearless, passionate and deeply joyous"

- Ozzy Moysey (Ancient Infinity Orchestra)