Performer
Hank Jones
Style
Jazz Swing 2008 universal fire victim hard bop post-bop bebop jazz and blues
Country
United States
  • Listenings: 4
  • Listeners: 1

Performer description

Henry Jones Jr. was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical accomplishments.

Participated in
Anita O'Day Art Farmer and His Orchestra Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five Billy Byers & His Orchestra Bobby Darin Ella Fitzgerald George Benson Judy Collins Loudon Wainwright III Mel Tormé Milt Jackson and Big Brass Nancy Wilson Oscar Peterson Paul Chambers Quartet Paul Gonsalves Sam Cooke Stanley Turrentine The Leiber-Stoller Big Band

Discography

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