HANK JONES: The Savoy Albums Collection (4 CDs) ENLIGHTENMENT

This 4 CD collection brings together eight of Hank Jones’ finest LPs, all recorded between 1955 and 1964. – Henry ‘Hank’ Jones Jr, the American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer, recorded more than 60 albums under his own name, and countless others as a sideman, including Cannonball Adderley’s celebrated Somethin’ Else. On May 19, 1962, he played piano as actress Marilyn Monroe sang ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ to then U. S. president John F. Kennedy. Jones was signed to Savoy as a bandleader, performer and recording artist in his own right in 1955, and he would go on to make numerous albums for the label as leader, co-leader or as part of a group. His first record for Savoy, The Trio (Savoy, 1955) was also one of his finest. Joined by Wendell Marshall on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums, allmusic. Com awarded the set 4½ stars and stated; “This is a superb Hank Jones date; highly recommended for fans of piano trio music”. Hank made further classic albums for the label between 1956 and 1958, including Quartet-Quintet and Bluebird (both Savoy, 1956) which featured Donald Byrd, plus – on the latter – Herbie Mann. In ’58 he contributed to the only record made by all three musical Jones brothers, Hank, Thad and Elvin, Keeping Up with the Joneses (MetroJazz, 1958). This new collection brings together eight of Hank Jones’ finest LPs, all presented here in deluxe re-mastered sound, and all from the period when the great man’s star shone brightest, between 1955 and 1964.

– Disc 1 –
1 We’re All Together
2 Odd Number
3 We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together
4 Now’s the Time
5 When Hearts Are Young
6 Cyrano
7 There’s a Small Hotel
8 My Funny Valentine
9 Almost Like Being in Love
10 An Evening at Papa Joe’s
11 An’ Then Some
12 Summer’s Gone
13 Don’t Blame Me

– Disc 2 –
1 Little Girl Blue
2 Bluebird
3 How High the Moon
4 Hank’s Pranks
5 Alpha
6 Wine and Brandy
7 It Had to Be You
8 Heart and Soul
9 Let’s Fall in Love
10 But Not for Me
11 Kankee Shout
12 Body and Soul
13 How About You?
14 Gone with the Wind
15 Teddy’s Dream
16 Have You Met Miss Jones?
17 You Don’t Know What Love Is
18 Solo Blues

– Disc 3 –
1 Moonlight Becomes You
2 Relaxin’ at Camarillo
3 Minor Contention
4 Sunday at Savannah
5 Spontaneous Combustion
6 If I Love Again
7 My One and Only Love
8 Don’t Ever Leave Me
9 It’s Easy to Remember
10 You Are My Love
11 Blue Lights
12 The Blue Room
13 A Sunday Kind of Love
14 Star Eyes
15 Let Me Know
16 Try a Little Tenderness
17 Easy to Love

– Disc 4 –
1 Nice and Nasty
2 Keepin’ Up with the Joneses
3 Three and One
4 Sput ‘N’ Jeff
5 It Had to Be You
6 On the Alamo
7 There Is No Greater Love
8 Maple Leaf Rag
9 The Cascades
10 Sunflowers Slow Drag
11 St. Louis Rag
12 Bohemia Rag
13 Eugenia
14 Sensation Rag
15 Ragtime Nightingale
16 The Cannonball
17 Contentment Rag
18 Jazz Mag Rag
19 Bag O’ Rags