Hank Jones

Featuring: Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d), and Jerome Richardson (fl, ts)
Long regarded as one of the jazz world’s most unsung heroes, Hank Jones’s tasty fireworks and subtle improvisation finally started getting the recognition they deserved in the mid-Fifties. In fact, from 1953 practically every album released by Savoy in that era included Hank Jones on piano. Less than two years later he joined forces with the dependable bassist Wendell Marshall and the always-swinging drummer Kenny Clarke and found hisideal trio. As he put it, -a good rhythm section must have the ability to think together as a unit, to all have the same type of drive.- After they had worked as a unit on several recording dates for Savoy, most of the critics and jazz fans acclaimed THE TRIO (as they were called) as the most outstanding rhythm section of their time.

Track list:

01. We’re All Together 4:11
02. Odd Number 4:32
03. We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together 4:51
04. Now’s The Time 3:31
05. Cyrano 5:17
06. There’s A Small Hotel 8:14
07. My Funny Valentine 5:52
08. When The Hearts Are Young 4:16
09. Little Girl Blue 5:37
10. Alpha 5:10 (*) Bonus Track
11. Wine And Brandy 5:29 (*) Bonus Track

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, N.J. 1955