Hank Jones, 1918-2010 (Updated)
May. 18th, 2010 07:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiendSadly, another giant of jazz has joined that ole orchestra in the sky, but only after an extremely long and distinguished career. His personal web site is linked to here, and parts of an interview with Terri Gross on NPR's Fresh Air from 2005 that I caught a few months ago is here.
If you can find a copy of Jones' The Oracle (which is - sadly - out of print, according to Amazon), buy it, by all means; not only is it an excellent LP that emphasizes Hank's ability to work with younger musicians such as Dave Holland and Billy Higgins (both of whom first came to prominence working with supposedly more daring musicians like Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, respectively), but it also shows that a 71-year-old pianist could play like he was anything but that age. There's tons of other work he was responsible for, but that's been a favorite of mine ever since I borrowed a copy from the Chicago Public Library years ago.
If you can find a copy of Jones' The Oracle (which is - sadly - out of print, according to Amazon), buy it, by all means; not only is it an excellent LP that emphasizes Hank's ability to work with younger musicians such as Dave Holland and Billy Higgins (both of whom first came to prominence working with supposedly more daring musicians like Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, respectively), but it also shows that a 71-year-old pianist could play like he was anything but that age. There's tons of other work he was responsible for, but that's been a favorite of mine ever since I borrowed a copy from the Chicago Public Library years ago.
