Hank Jones
The oldest of the three Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin), Henry “Hank” Jones was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. By the age of 13 Jones was performing locally in Michigan and Ohio. While playing with territory bands in Grand Rapids and Lansing he met Lucky Thompson, who invited him to New York City in 1944 to work at the Onyx Club with Hot Lips Page.
In New York, Jones regularly listened to leading bop musicians, and was inspired to master the new style. While practicing and studying the music he worked with John Kirby, Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Andy Kirk, and Billy Eckstine. In autumn 1947 he began touring in Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, and from 1948 to 1953 he was accompanist for Ella Fitzgerald, developing a harmonic facility of extraordinary taste and sophistication.
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00:00 - Now's the Time 03:31 - Little Girl Blue 09:09 - There Is a Small Hotel 17:24 - Odd Number 21:57 - Things Are So Pretty In the Spring 25:37 - My Funny Valentine 31:29 - Moonlight Becomes You 38:42 - Cyrano 44:02 - Blues for Lady Day 46:43 - Have You Met Miss Jones ? 49:56 - Gone With the Wind 53:12 - Kankakee Shout 56:23 - How About You ? 58:53 - You Don't Know What Love Is 01:03:00 - It Had to Be you 01:06:14 - Polka Dots and Moonbeans 01:09:57 - Mamboisies 01:13:18 - But Not for Me Brought to you by The Wnts Jazz Education Program JazzAndBluesExperience
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