Have You Met Hank Jones

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]

Have You Met Hank Jones
Studio album by
Hank Jones
Released1956
RecordedJuly 9 and August 8 & 20, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length40:25
LabelSavoy
MG 12084
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Hank Jones chronology
Bluebird
(1956)		 Have You Met Hank Jones
(1956)		 Hank Jones' Quartet
(1956)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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".[3]

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

References
  1. Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed July 31, 2015
  2. Hank Jones Catalog accessed July 31, 2015
  3. Yanow, Scott. Hank Jones Solo Piano – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
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