MSNBC Article here
An old Cafe Society thread where I strongly recommended a Hank Jones CD duet with saxophonist Joe Lovano here
It’s a big loss, but his was a life to be celebrated! To live to be 91, to have made beautiful music for over 70 years and still be in the prime of your creative life - what an accomplishment! So sorry to see you go, but so, so grateful you were ever here, Hank!
Have you ever seen this clip, by the way? “I Got Rhythm” - he sure did!
Very cool - what a clean melodic line; he made it look effortless.
I met Mr. Jones once at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho in 1995 or 96. He was performing at the festival and our college jazz band was staying at the same hotel as many of the performers. I got to chat with him (and also Lionel Hampton) for a bit and he signed an autograph for me. He couldn’t have been nicer.