Steal Away (album) explained
Steal Away is an album by pianist Hank Jones and bassist Charlie Haden that was recorded in 1994 and released on the Verve label.[1] Jones and Haden followed Steal Away with a second album of spirituals, Come Sunday, recorded in 2010 and released in 2012.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "These melodic yet subtly swinging interpretations hold one's interest throughout and reward repeated listenings".[2]
Track listing
All compositions traditional except as indicated
- "It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)" – 5:22
- "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" – 3:44
- "Spiritual" (Charlie Haden) – 4:20
- "Wade in the Water" – 4:05
- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – 2:04
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" – 4:31
- "L' Amour de Moy" – 4:55
- "Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) – 5:51
- "I've Got a Robe, You Got a Robe (Goin' to Shout All over God's Heav'n)" – 3:49
- "Steal Away" – 2:49
- "We Shall Overcome" – 5:33
- "Go Down Moses" – 6:04
- "My Lord, What a Mornin'" – 4:35
- "Hymn Medley: Abide With Me/Just as I Am Without One Plea/What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Amazing Grace" (Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk/Charlotte Elliott, William Bachelder Bradbury/Joseph M. Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse/John Newton) – 7:37
- Recorded at Radio Canada Studio B in Montreal, Canada on June 29 & 30, 1994
Personnel
Notes and References
- http://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Haden--Hank-Jones-Steal-Away-Spirituals-Hymns-And-Folk-Songs/release/827172 Discogs album entry
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 7, 2011
