B. Goren. Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Hank Jones is one of my favorite pianists ever. I wish him good health and all the best. Quote
Robert J Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Happy Birthday indeed! Piano players seem to have long lives Earlier this month Pinetop Perkins turned 96. Quote
BeBop Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Absolutely all the best! Happy birthday! Quote
jazzkrow Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 My favorite living piano player-and such a sweet, self effacing, kind man in person! HAPPY B-DAY HANK-AND MANY MORE TO COME! Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Happy birthday Hank. Hope you have another 91. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Happy birthday, Mr. Jones. I discovered Hank Jones pretty quickly after I discovered jazz itself. I think he played on the second jazz album I bought - a Charlie Parker collection on Verve. Quote
stevebop Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Happy Birthday, Hank! Another Detroiter celebrates his 78th birthday today. Kenny Burrell. They will both be featured tonight on my radio show. Tune in or log on from 8p-midnight www.wgbh.org Click on LISTEN Click on Listen Live Enjoy! Quote
gmonahan Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Grace, style, cool ideas, technique--Hank Jones has them all. Happy birthday! greg mo Quote
BruceH Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 Happy Birthday indeed! Piano players seem to have long lives Earlier this month Pinetop Perkins turned 96. ...And there's Eubie Blake! Happy Birthday Mr. Jones. Quote
Van Basten II Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Good sense of humor too, making fun of his advanced age, when he was in Montreal last year, he addressed the audience telling them how great it was to be back in Pittsburgh Edited August 1, 2009 by Van Basten II Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 HANK JONES ISN'T OLD-SCHOOL- HES NO JELLY-ROLL. HANK IS JUST THE BOMB, WHATEVER HES ON, NOW AND FOREVER. HAPPY B-DAY HANK JONES!!! Quote
AndrewHill Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 Happy birthday to a great master of the piano. Quote
mmilovan Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Happy Birthday Hank! I'm wishing you good health! You are my favourite piano player, ever! Also happy birthday to Kenny Burrell, I like his playing, and enjoy every second. BTW, sure Hank is no old school! As well as Jelly Roll is no old school! They will remain new after all of us! There is no boundaries to this art! Edited August 1, 2009 by mmilovan Quote
mikeweil Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 Happy birthday, and may you be well all of your days! Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 Easily in my top ten favorite jazz pianists ever. For a few decades there, he the pianist on virtually every album recorded in New York that Dick Hyman wasn't on. Between the two of them, it must have been very hard getting work in NY as a session pianist! He did a solo piano album in the late 70s or 80s that I really love called "Tiptoe Tap Dance." Hideous cover art (as was common by that time) but superb music. Happy belated birthday to this master. Quote
Tom Storer Posted August 2, 2009 Report Posted August 2, 2009 Happy birthday, Hank! He's scheduled to play a solo concert in Paris this fall. I have my ticket! Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted August 2, 2009 Report Posted August 2, 2009 Belated Happy Birthday wishes to the elegant and always musical Hank Jones. Quote
Swinging Swede Posted August 9, 2009 Report Posted August 9, 2009 Hank Jones recorded with Hot Lips Page and John Kirby's sextet in the mid-40s. He was in Andy Kirk's big band too. He's been around. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 9, 2009 Report Posted August 9, 2009 My favorite living piano player-and such a sweet, self effacing, kind man in person! Yeah, he was extremely kind when I met him - an absolute gent (as was his brother Elvin). We're lucky to have him with us and long may he continue touring. Quote
JamesJazz Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 We have the honor of Mr. Jones performing at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival. It's great that his family is forever linked to Detroit, but Hank (unlike Elvin & Thad) spent little working in the city proper - he spent much time around Flint/Saginaw. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) One thought on Mr. Jones. I caught a set at Dizzy's in NYC in the fall of 2008. He was standing talking to the crowd. When he sat down at the piano he placed the MIC on the top of the piano. It started to roll off, but before the MIC hit the floor Hank grabbed it with his hand, like a falcon or a hawk grabbing its prey. I don't even have reflexes that fast and I exactly have his age. God bless him. He could probably pick it at second or shortstop. Edited August 16, 2009 by Hardbopjazz Quote
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