Jones-Brown-Smith Explained

Jones-Brown-Smith
Type:Studio
Artist:Hank Jones, Ray Brown and Jimmie Smith
Cover:Jones-Brown-Smith.jpg
Released:1977
Recorded:October 8, 1976
Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:22
Label:Concord Jazz
CJ-32
Producer:Carl Jefferson
Chronology:Hank Jones
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Prev Year:1976
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Next Year:1976

Jones-Brown-Smith (also released as Rockin' in Rhythm) is an album by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jimmie Smith, recorded in 1976 for the Concord Jazz label.[1] [2]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "An unusual aspect to the music is that on half of the eight standards Jones switches to electric piano; although he does not display as strong a musical personality on that instrument, he plays quite well." The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the renditions of "Bags' Groove" and "Spring Is Here", but criticized the selection of other material, and preferred other Jones albums from the same period.

Track listing

  1. "Your Feet's Too Big" (Ada Benson, Fred Fisher) - 5:42
  2. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:06
  3. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) - 5:46
  4. "Spring Is Here" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:43
  5. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills) - 5:49
  6. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 4:22
  7. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:46
  8. "The Girl Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 6:08

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/hank-jones/catalog/#concord-jazz-cj-32 Hank Jones Catalog
  2. News: Hentoff . Nat . Jazz: Hentoff on a Pianist Who Always Surprises . The Wall Street Journal . 9 Nov 1992 . A8.