Hank Jones

Henry "Hank" Jones Jr. (Vicksburg, 31 de Julho de 1918 – Nova York, 16 de Maio de 2010) foi um pianista e compositor de jazz. Críticos e músicos descrevem Jones como eloquente, lírico e impecável. Em 1989, a Fundação Nacional para as Artes (NEA) americana o homenageou com o prêmio Mestres do Jazz NEA. Ele também foi homenageado com o prêmio de Lenda Viva do Jazz pela Sociedade Americana de Compositores, Autores e Editores (ASCAP). Em 2008, ele recebeu a Medalha Nacional de Artes. Em 13 de abril de 2009, a Universidade de Hartford o presentou com um doutorado em reconhecimento à suas realizações musicais.

Hank Jones
Hank Jones
Informação geral
Nome completo	Henry Jones Jr.
Origem	Vicksburg, Mississipi, Estados Unidos
País	Estados Unidos
Gênero(s)	Jazz
Instrumento(s)	Piano
Período em atividade	1944–2010
Outras ocupações	Pianista, compositor
Gravadora(s)	Verve, Savoy, Epic, Capitol, Argo, Impulse, Concord, Chesky, Sony
Afiliação(ões)	Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Haden, Nancy Wilson, Charlie Parker, Salena Jones, Roberta Gambarini
Página oficial	www.officialhankjones.com

Jones gravou mais de 60 álbuns sob seu próprio nome e vários outros como acompanhante, incluindo o celebrado álbum de Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else. Em 19 de maio de 1962, ele tocou piano quando a atriz Marilyn Monroe cantou seu famoso "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" para o então presidente John F. Kennedy.

Prêmios

Histórico no Grammy

• Vezes que ganhou: 2009: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Vezes em que foi nomeado: 5

Histórico de Hank Jones no Grammy Award
Ano	Categoria	Título	Gênero	Gravadora	Resultado
1977	Melhor Performance de Jazz Instrumental – Solista	"Bop Redux"	Jazz	Muse	Nomeado
1980	Melhor Performance de Jazz Instrumental – Solista	"I Remember You"	Jazz	Black & Blue	Nomeado
1980	Melhor Performance de Jazz Instrumental – Grupo	"I Remember You"	Jazz	Black & Blue	Nomeado
1995	Melhor Solo de Jazz Instrumental	"Go Down Moses"	Jazz	Verve	Nomeado
1995	Melhor Performance de Jazz Instrumental – Individual ou Grupo	"Steal Away"	Jazz	Verve	Nomeado

Discografia

Como líder/co-líder

Ano	Título	Membros	Gravadora
1947-53	Urbanity		Clef
1955	The Trio	Trio com Wendell Marshall e Kenny Clarke	Savoy
1955	Quartet-Quintet	Quartet/Quintet com Donald Byrd, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke + Matty Dice	Savoy
1955	Bluebird	Quarteto/Quinteto com Wendell Marshall/Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke + Herbie Mann/Jerome Richardson/Donald Byrd and Matty Dice/Joe Wilder	Savoy
1956	Have You Met Hank Jones	Solo	Savoy
1956	Hank Jones' Quartet	Quarteto com Bobby Jaspar, Paul Chambers e Kenny Clarke	Savoy
1958	Gigi	Quarteto com Barry Galbraith, Arnold Fishkin, Donald Lamond	Golden Crest
1958	The Talented Touch	Quarteto com Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson	Capitol
1958	Porgy and Bess	Quarteto com Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Elvin Jones	Capitol
1963	Here's Love	Quarteto com Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Elvin Jones	Argo
1964	This Is Ragtime Now!	Trio com Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson	ABC-Paramount
1966	Happenings	com Oliver Nelson and Orchestra	Impulse!
1975	Hanky Panky	Trio com Ron Carter e Grady Tate	East Wind
1976	Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington	Solo	Trio
1976	Jones-Brown-Smith	Trio com Ray Brown e Jimmie Smith	Concord Jazz
1976	Arigato	Trio/Quarteto com Richard DavisRichard Davis/Jay Leonhart, Ronnie Bedford + Ray Rivera,	Progressive
1977	Bop Redux	Trio com George Duvivier e Ben Riley	Muse
1977	Just for Fun	Trio/Quarteto com Ray Brown, Shelly Manne + Howard Roberts	Galaxy
1977	I Remember You	Trio com George Duvivier e Oliver Jackson	Black & Blue
1977	Have You Met This Jones?	Trio com Isla Eckinger e Kurt Bong	MPS
1977	The Trio	Trio com Milt Hinton e Bob Rosengarden	Chiaroscuro
1977-78	Tiptoe Tapdance	Solo	Galaxy
1978	Groovin' High	Quinteto com Sam Jones, Mickey Roker, Thad Jones, e Charlie Rouse	Muse
1978	Our Delights	Dueto de piano com Tommy Flanagan	Galaxy
1978	More Delights	Dueto de piano com Tommy Flanagan	Galaxy
1978	Compassion	Trio com George Duvivier e Alan Dawson	Black & Blue
1978	Ain't Misbehavin'	Trio/Sexteto com Richard Davis, Roy Haynes + Bob Ojeda, Teddy Edwards, e Kenny Burrell	Galaxy
1979	Easy to Love	Trio com George Duvivier, Shelly Manne	Lobster
1979	Hank Jones Trio Live in Japan	Trio com George Duvivier, Shelly Manne	Trio
1979	Trio 1979 Discoveries	Trio com George Duvivier, Shelly Manne	55
1979	Bluesette	Trio com George Duvivier, Alan Dawson	Black & Blue
1983	I'm All Smiles	Dueto de piano com Tommy Flanagan	MPS
1985	Great Jazz Quartet Live in Japan	Quarteto com Sam Most, Ray Brown, Alan Dawson	TDK
1987	Duo	Dueto com Red Mitchell	Timeless
1989	The Oracle	Trio com Dave Holland, Billy Higgins	EmArcy
1989	Lazy Afternoon	Quarteto com Ken Peplowski, Dave Holland, Keith Copeland	Concord Jazz
1990	Hank Jones with the Meridian String Quartet	Com o Meridian String Quartet conduzido por Manny Albam	LRC
1991	Hank Jones Trio with Mads Vinding & Al Foster	Trio com Mads Vinding, Al Foster	Storyville
1991	Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen	Solo	Concord
1993	Upon Reflection: The Music of Thad Jones	Trio com George Mraz, Elvin Jones	Verve
1995	Steal Away	Dueto com Charlie Haden	Verve
2004	'Round Midnight	Solo	Eighty-Eight's
2004	For My Father	Trio com George Mraz, Dennis Mackrel	Justin Time
2005	My Funny Valentine		Sony/CBS
2006	Round Midnight		Sony
2006	Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola	Dueto com Joe Lovano	Blue Note
2006	West of 5th	Com Jimmy Cobb e Christian McBride	Chesky
2006	Hank and Frank		Lineage
2009	Hank and Frank II	Frank Wess, Ilya Lushtak, Marion Cowings, John Webber, and Mickey Roker.	Lineage
2009	Pleased to Meet You	Oliver Jones, Brandi Disterheft e Jim Doxas	Justin Time Records
2009	Trio Hank Jones	George Mraz, Willie Jones	Multisonic
2012	Come Sunday	Dueto com Charlie Haden	EmArcy

Com o Great Jazz Trio

Ano	Título	Membros	Gravadora
1976	I'm Old Fashioned	Com Sadao Watanabe, Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1976	Love for Sale	Com Buster Williams, Tony Williams	East Wind
1977	The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1977	The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1977	The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind (released 2000)
1977	Bird of Paradise	Com Sadao Watanabe, Ron Carter, Tony Williams	Flying Disk
1977	Kindness Joy Love & Happiness	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1977	Direct from L.A.	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1978	Milestones	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1978	New Wine in Old Bottles	Com Jackie McLean, Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1978	The Great Tokyo Meeting	Com Ron Carter, Tony Williams	East Wind
1980	Chapter II	Com Eddie Gómez, Al Foster	East Wind
1980	Moreover	Com Eddie Gómez, Al Foster	East Wind
1982	Threesome	Com Eddie Gómez, Jimmy Cobb	Eastworld
1983	N.Y.Sophisticate: a Tribute to Duke Ellington	Com Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Cobb, The Strings Quartet	Denon Records
1984	Monk's Mood	Com Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Cobb, Terumasa Hino	Dennon
2003	Autumn Leaves	Com Elvin Jones (bateria), Richard Davis (baixo)	441 Records

Como acompanhante

Com Cannonball Adderley

• Somethin' Else (Blue Note, 1958)

Com Manny Albam

• The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)

Com Gene Ammons

• Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige, 1962)
• Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)
• Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1972)

Com Louis Bellson

• Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)

Com Bob Brookmeyer

• Tonite's Music Today (Storyvile, 1956) com Zoot Sims
• Whooeeee (Storyville, 1956) - Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
• Brookmeyer (Vik, 1956)
• Stretching Out (United Artists, 1958) - Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Octet
• Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
• Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)

Com Ruth Brown

• Late Date with Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1959)
• Ruth Brown '65 (Mainstream, 1965)

Com Kenny Burrell

• Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])
• Night Song (Verve, 1969)

Com Rusty Bryant

• For the Good Times (Prestige, 1973)

Com Donald Byrd

• Byrd's Word (Savoy, 1955)
• New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (RCA Victor, 1957) com Gigi Gryce
• Jazz Lab (Jubilee, 1958) com Gigi Gryce

Com Ron Carter

• Carnaval (1978)

Com Paul Chambers

• Bass on Top (Prestige, 1957)

Com Jimmy Cleveland

• Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955)
• Rhythm Crazy (EmArcy, 1959 [1964])

Com Al Cohn

• That Old Feeling (RCA Victor, 1955)
• The Brothers! (RCA Victor, 1955) com Bill Perkins e Richie Kamuca
• From A to...Z (RCA Victor, 1956) com Zoot Sims
• The Sax Section (Epic, 1956)
• Cohn on the Saxophone (Dawn, 1956)

Com Art Farmer

• Last Night When We Were Young (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
• Portrait of Art Farmer (Contemporary, 1958)
• The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)

Com Ella Fitzgerald

• Rhythm Is My Business (Verve, 1962)

Com Curtis Fuller

• New Trombone (Prestige, 1957)
• Cabin in the Sky (Impulse!, 1962)

Com Dizzy Gillespie

• A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)
• The Bop Session (Sonet, 1975) – com Sonny Stitt, Percy Heath e Max Roach

Com Dexter Gordon

• Ca'Purange (Prestige, 1972)
• Tangerine (Prestige, 1972)

Com Johnny Griffin

• Soul Groove (Atlantic, 1963) – com Matthew Gee

Com Gigi Gryce

• Gigi Gryce (MetroJazz, 1958)

Com Lionel Hampton

• You Better Know It!!! (Impulse!, 1965)

Com Johnny Hartman

• I Just Dropped By to Say Hello (Impulse!, 1963)
• The Voice That Is! (Impulse!, 1964)

Com Donna Hightower

• Take One (Capitol, 1959)

Com Johnny Hodges

• Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963)
• Wings & Things (Verve, 1965)
• Don't Sleep in the Subway (Verve, 1967)
• 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

Com Bobbi Humphrey

• Flute In (Blue Note, 1971)

Com Milt Jackson

• Opus de Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
• The Jazz Skyline (Savoy, 1956)
• Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957)
• Bags & Trane (Atlantic, 1960) – com John Coltrane
• Statements (Impulse!, 1962)
• Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
• For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
• Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963)
• Much in Common (Verve, 1964) – with Ray Brown
• Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (Verve, 1965) – com Ray Brown

Com Illinois Jacquet

• Groovin' with Jacquet (Clef, 1951-53 [1956])

Com Elvin Jones

• Elvin! (Riverside, 1962)
• And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
• Dear John C. (Impulse!, 1965)

Com Clifford Jordan

• Hello, Hank Jones (Eastworld, 1978)

Com Joe Lovano

• I'm All For You (Blue Note, 2004)
• Joyous Encounters (Blue Note, 2005)

Com Herbie Mann

• Salute to the Flute (Epic, 1957)

Com Shelly Manne

• 2-3-4 (Impulse!, 1962)

Com Gary McFarland

• The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962)

Com Howard McGhee

• Howard McGhee e Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1948 [1955])

Com Helen Merrill

• Helen Merrill and Strings (EmArcy, 1955)

Com Wes Montgomery

• So Much Guitar (Riverside, 1961)

Com James Moody

• Great Day (Argo, 1963)

Com Oliver Nelson

• Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
• Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
• The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
• The Spirit of '67 (Impulse!, 1967) – com Pee Wee Russell
• The Kennedy Dream (Impulse!, 1967)

Com Joe Newman

• Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956)
• The Midgets (Vik, 1956)

Com Charlie Rouse e Paul Quinichette

• The Chase Is On (Bethlehem, 1958)

Com A. K. Salim

• Flute Suite (Savoy, 1957) com Frank Wess e Herbie Mann

Com Johnny Smith

• Johnny Smith (Verve, 1967)

Com Bob Stewart

• Welcome to the Club (1986)
• Talk of The Town (2004)

Com Sonny Stitt

• Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
• Sonny Stitt Plays (Roost, 1955)
• Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (Roost, 1957)
• Stitt in Orbit (Roost, 1962)
• Goin' Down Slow (Prestige, 1972)

Com Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer

• Gingerbread Men (Mainstream, 1966)

Com Lucky Thompson

• Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (Moodsville, 1963)
• Lucky Strikes (Prestige, 1964)

Com Ben Webster

• See You at the Fair (Impulse!, 1964)

Com Ernie Wilkins

• Flutes & Reeds (Savoy, 1955) with Frank Wess
• Top Brass (Savoy, 1955)

Com Nancy Wilson

• But Beautiful (1969)

Com Lester Young

• Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Verve, 1958)

Ligações externas

• Sítio oficial
• Hank Jones. no IMDb.