Hank Jones - Piano Solo

2008 European CD release.

Savoy jazz director, Ozzie Cadena, was the first A&R man to give Hank Jones the amount of record time he deserved. In addition to Jones' steadying presence as a sideman on many sessions, Cadena saw to it that he was finally brought before a wider audience than at any previous point in his career. This time Cadena chose to present him as a solo performer, an inspired choice, since Jones is a complete jazz pianist in that he can be his own rhythm section if he has to. Underneath the flowing gentleness of his lines is a firm, two-handed beat that sometimes distils stride traces of his early influencesWaller, Tatum, Wilson, and Nat Cole. And because of the intelligence and emotional acumen of his musicianship, he can make even the venerable standards included here sound freshly minted and personal again.

1. It Had To Be You 3:15
2. He art And Soul 3:13
3. Lets Fall In Love 2:24
4. But Not For Me 2:51
5. Kankee Shout 3:12
6. Body And Soul 3:39
7. How About You 2:30
8. Gone With The Wind 3:17
9. Teddys Dream 3:06
10. Have You Met Miss Jones 3:13
11. You Dont Know What Love Is 4:09
12. Solo Blues 4:52

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, N.J., 1956