Search results for "Hank Jones"

Hank Jones and Cheick-Tidiane Seck: Sarala (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 10, 08

Sarala may be the strangest project that Hank Jones recorded, either as a sideman or as a leader. All the more s...

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Big Dipper (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

This track is the first tune played on the first night of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, a Monday night tradition...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: Wade in the Water (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Hank Jones's father was a minister who was suspicious of jazz as the Devil's music. Clearly his sons Elvin, Thad and...

James Moody & Hank Jones: Good Bait (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 03, 08

The loping "Good Bait" is one of the friendliest, most optimistic tunes in the standard jazz repertoire, making it a ...

Hank Jones: Bemsha Swing (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 21, 08

Hank Jones was already an established pianist when Thelonious Monk, who was his elder by a year, came to prominence. ...

James Moody & Hank Jones: Eternal Triangle (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 03, 08

Except for a few incidental studio meetings, this 2006 date was the first time James Moody and Hank Jones had been pa...

Hank Jones: I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Experience counts. By the time of his Maybeck recital, 73-year-old Hank Jones had been recording an incredible 47 yea...

Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Alone Together (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Seldom was a CD more aptly named. This is truly a Joyous Encounter. I would be hard pressed to name a tenor saxopho...

Hank Jones & Oliver Jones: What Am I Here For? (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 26, 09

I am just pleased that the label didn't go for a cornier joke in the title. Have You Met Mr. Jones? Me and Mr. Jone...

James Moody & Hank Jones: Birks' Works (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 05, 08

To hear these two octogenarian jazz giants play so effortlessly together is a testament to the universality of the mu...

Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones: Lush Life (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

About a half century separates the ages of these two artists, but you wouldn't guess it from this collaboration. Jon...

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: Steal Away (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

As a jazz performance, this cut will have its detractors. These two giants simply play this Negro spiritual straight ...

James Moody & Hank Jones: Body and Soul (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

What do you say when two prolific legends get together and play a jazz standard? I mean really. You can't say it is t...

Billy Pierce: Star Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

It was producer/pianist James Williams' idea to put saxophonist Billy Pierce into the studio with just pianist Hank J...

Emily Remler: The Firefly (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 13, 09

On her debut album for Concord Records, Emily Remler came out of nowhere to claim her rightful spot as one of the bri...

Emily Remler: Blues for Herb (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Emily Remler's playing was one of a kind. Although she sounded like guitarists of the past, she was lucky enough to b...

Joe Lovano: I Waited For You (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 26, 08

It's puzzling how Hank Jones, at age 90, is still sometimes described as a "journeyman" or "veteran sideman." Here is...

Warne Marsh: Moose the Mooche (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 07, 09

The prevailing notion that Marsh was merely a cool-toned, cerebral saxophonist began to change to some extent in the ...

Roberta Gambarini: You Are There (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Roberta Gambarini is a gifted vocalist who has earned high praise from critics and musicians alike. Blessed with perf...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DAVE FRISHBERG

Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Lucky Thompson: Deep Passion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 27, 08

This magnificent ballad performance could be considered Thompson's "Body and Soul." Hank Jones's rhapsodic piano intr...

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