Have You Met Hank Jones Explained

Have You Met Hank Jones
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hank Jones
Cover:	Have you Met Hank Jones.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	July 9 and August 8 & 20, 1956
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:25
Label:	Savoy MG 12084
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Hank Jones
Prev Title:	Bluebird
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Hank Jones' Quartet
Next Year:	1956

Have You Met Hank Jones (also released as Hank Jones Solo Piano) is a solo album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones recorded in 1956 for the Savoy label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic stated "Despite being a strong two-handed pianist falling into the transition between swing and bop, Jones tends to sound more swinging in a trio format, although these melodic and sometimes rhapsodic solos are also reasonably enjoyable".

Track listing

1. "It Had To Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:12
2. "Heart and Soul" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 3:14
3. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:23
4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:50
5. "Kankakee Shout" (Hank Jones) - 3:10
6. "Body & Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 3:37
7. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 2:28
8. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:15
9. "Teddy's Dream" (Teddy Von Seele) - 3:05
10. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:12
11. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:08
12. "Solo Blues" (Jones) - 4:51

Personnel

• Hank Jones - piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12000-series/#mg-12084 Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/hank-jones/catalog/#savoy-mg-12084 Hank Jones Catalog