Hank Jones refers to multiple artists. One was a legendary Jazz pianist, th… Read Full Bio ↴Hank Jones refers to multiple artists. One was a legendary Jazz pianist, the other a hardcore/punk combo from Pennsylvania.
1. On the Jazz pianist:
Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918 - died May 16, 2010) was a jazz pianist born in Vicksburg, Mississippi who grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. By the age of 13 Jones was performing locally in Michigan and Ohio. While playing with territory bands in Grand Rapids and Lansing he met Lucky Thompson, who invited him to New York City in 1944 to work at the Onyx Club with Hot Lips Page.
In New York, Jones regularly listened to leading bop musicians, and was inspired to master the new style. While practicing and studying the music he worked with John Kirby, Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Andy Kirk, and Billy Eckstine. In autumn 1947 he began touring in Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, and from 1948 to 1953 he was accompanist for Ella Fitzgerald, developing a harmonic facility of extraordinary taste and sophistication. During this period he also made several historically important recordings with Charlie Parker for Norman Granz's labels.
After several years as a freelance player, which included engagements with Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, and recordings with such artists as Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Cannonball Adderley, and Wes Montgomery, in 1959 Jones joined the staff of CBS where he stayed until the staff was disbanded 17 years later. With his rare combination of talents as a strong soloist, sensitive accompanist, and adept sight-reader, Jones has always been in great demand for recording sessions of all kinds, and may be heard on thousands of albums. By the late 1970s his involvement as pianist and conductor with the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin' (based on the music of Fats Waller) had informed a wider audience of his unique qualities as a musician.
During the late 1970s and the 1980s Jones continued to record prolifically, as an uncaccompanied soloist, in duos with other pianists (including John Lewis and Tommy Flanagan), and with various small ensembles, most notably the Great Jazz Trio. The group took this name in 1976, by which time Jones had already begun working at the Village Vanguard with its original members, Ron Carter and Tony Williams (it was Buster Williams rather than Carter, however, who took part in the trio's first recording session in 1976); by 1980 Jones' sidemen were Eddie Gomez and Al Foster, and in 1982 Jimmy Cobb replaced Foster. The trio has also recorded with other all-star personnel, such as Art Farmer, Benny Golson, and Nancy Wilson. In the early 1980s Jones held a residency as a solo pianist at the Cafe Ziegfeld and made a tour of Japan, where he performed and recorded with George Duvivier and Sonny Stitt.
Hank Jones resided in upstate New York. His most recent recordings are For My Father (2005) with bassist George Mraz and drummer Dennis Mackrel, a solo piano recording issued in Japan under the title Round Midnight (2006), and as a side man on Joe Lovano's Joyous Encounter (2005).
2. On the hardcore band:
Nick Warren, Chris Bencivenga, Shayne Moreland, and Mike Torti are hanging out and Torti's listening to Bane or Anchor or By the Grace of God or someone and says we should start a band like this with him singing. Everyone laughs at this but decide to do it anyway because they know Mike will work at it, and it's the only style of hardcore that Nick and Chris like. They write songs, practice, record a demo, start to play shows.
Around August they started throwing the idea around of recording a new record in the fall. They started writing a ton of new songs and finally hit the studio in October with Shawn Hammer at Midtown Recordings in Erie, PA. The final product was a 13 song, 22 minute demo CD that is a good representation of the band. In January the band signed with Undecided Records from Florida to release their record "Saturdays of Thunder" on May 3rd, 2005. Shortly after the release of their first CD a friend (Seth) joined the band on guitar alongside Nick.
At the same time Shayne decided he had done enough touring and needed to step back and take care of family stuff, so Chris moved from playing drums to playing bass guitar to fill that void and another friend (Jed) joined the band on drums. With one 2-hour practice under his belt the band left to play some shows and somehow managed to get through them! They toured again a few more times, Nick left the band, Chris moved to guitar and Ben Bowman joined to play bass. Ben basically was in the band for a few shows, went on the road a few times and was a big part in writing the 7 inch "Dear Boys, There's Beer and Pizza in the Fridge, Love Mom" released that summer on Surprise Attack Records.
After recording and playing a few more shows, Ben decided he was moving to California so he left the band and Micah was enlisted to play bass 2 days before tour! After a few shows he was good to go and played bass until fall of 2007 when he left the band and after a few back and forth joining/quitting done by Seth, he ended up coming back to play bass. At that time they enlisted the newest member Dan from Pittsburgh to play guitar with Chris.
And that is that.
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/hankjones
1. On the Jazz pianist:
Henry "Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918 - died May 16, 2010) was a jazz pianist born in Vicksburg, Mississippi who grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. By the age of 13 Jones was performing locally in Michigan and Ohio. While playing with territory bands in Grand Rapids and Lansing he met Lucky Thompson, who invited him to New York City in 1944 to work at the Onyx Club with Hot Lips Page.
In New York, Jones regularly listened to leading bop musicians, and was inspired to master the new style. While practicing and studying the music he worked with John Kirby, Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Andy Kirk, and Billy Eckstine. In autumn 1947 he began touring in Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, and from 1948 to 1953 he was accompanist for Ella Fitzgerald, developing a harmonic facility of extraordinary taste and sophistication. During this period he also made several historically important recordings with Charlie Parker for Norman Granz's labels.
After several years as a freelance player, which included engagements with Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, and recordings with such artists as Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Cannonball Adderley, and Wes Montgomery, in 1959 Jones joined the staff of CBS where he stayed until the staff was disbanded 17 years later. With his rare combination of talents as a strong soloist, sensitive accompanist, and adept sight-reader, Jones has always been in great demand for recording sessions of all kinds, and may be heard on thousands of albums. By the late 1970s his involvement as pianist and conductor with the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin' (based on the music of Fats Waller) had informed a wider audience of his unique qualities as a musician.
During the late 1970s and the 1980s Jones continued to record prolifically, as an uncaccompanied soloist, in duos with other pianists (including John Lewis and Tommy Flanagan), and with various small ensembles, most notably the Great Jazz Trio. The group took this name in 1976, by which time Jones had already begun working at the Village Vanguard with its original members, Ron Carter and Tony Williams (it was Buster Williams rather than Carter, however, who took part in the trio's first recording session in 1976); by 1980 Jones' sidemen were Eddie Gomez and Al Foster, and in 1982 Jimmy Cobb replaced Foster. The trio has also recorded with other all-star personnel, such as Art Farmer, Benny Golson, and Nancy Wilson. In the early 1980s Jones held a residency as a solo pianist at the Cafe Ziegfeld and made a tour of Japan, where he performed and recorded with George Duvivier and Sonny Stitt.
Hank Jones resided in upstate New York. His most recent recordings are For My Father (2005) with bassist George Mraz and drummer Dennis Mackrel, a solo piano recording issued in Japan under the title Round Midnight (2006), and as a side man on Joe Lovano's Joyous Encounter (2005).
2. On the hardcore band:
Nick Warren, Chris Bencivenga, Shayne Moreland, and Mike Torti are hanging out and Torti's listening to Bane or Anchor or By the Grace of God or someone and says we should start a band like this with him singing. Everyone laughs at this but decide to do it anyway because they know Mike will work at it, and it's the only style of hardcore that Nick and Chris like. They write songs, practice, record a demo, start to play shows.
Around August they started throwing the idea around of recording a new record in the fall. They started writing a ton of new songs and finally hit the studio in October with Shawn Hammer at Midtown Recordings in Erie, PA. The final product was a 13 song, 22 minute demo CD that is a good representation of the band. In January the band signed with Undecided Records from Florida to release their record "Saturdays of Thunder" on May 3rd, 2005. Shortly after the release of their first CD a friend (Seth) joined the band on guitar alongside Nick.
At the same time Shayne decided he had done enough touring and needed to step back and take care of family stuff, so Chris moved from playing drums to playing bass guitar to fill that void and another friend (Jed) joined the band on drums. With one 2-hour practice under his belt the band left to play some shows and somehow managed to get through them! They toured again a few more times, Nick left the band, Chris moved to guitar and Ben Bowman joined to play bass. Ben basically was in the band for a few shows, went on the road a few times and was a big part in writing the 7 inch "Dear Boys, There's Beer and Pizza in the Fridge, Love Mom" released that summer on Surprise Attack Records.
After recording and playing a few more shows, Ben decided he was moving to California so he left the band and Micah was enlisted to play bass 2 days before tour! After a few shows he was good to go and played bass until fall of 2007 when he left the band and after a few back and forth joining/quitting done by Seth, he ended up coming back to play bass. At that time they enlisted the newest member Dan from Pittsburgh to play guitar with Chris.
And that is that.
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/hankjones
Things Are So Pretty In The Spring
Hank Jones Lyrics
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'Round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
A Part Of Me-There Are Such Things A natural fool, another race, holding court right in my…
Almost Like Being In Love What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm…
as long as i live All you want to do is sit around and pout And…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Azure Driftin' Dreamin' In an Azure mood, Stardust gleamin' Thru …
Because I Love You Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
Blessed Assurance Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of gl…
Blues In My Heart I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Boots Every night at suppertime I'd come home to a friend of…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true …
Can't Help Singing Can't help singing of a promise that April is bringing, I…
Caravan Night and stars above that shine so bright The myst'ry…
Come Sunday Ooh Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, pleas…
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't …
Don't Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Down Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside Dow…
Easy to Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Emily Emily, Emily, Emily Has the murmuring sound of may All silve…
For You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
How About You How come you do me like you do do do? How…
How High the Moon Somewhere there's music How faint the tune Somewhere there's…
I Cover The Waterfront I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea,, Will the one …
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Only Have Eyes For You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
I Remember You I’m making tracks for Salt Lake City Ten more miles and…
I'll Be Around I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I've Got a One Way Ticket to You I'm making tracks for Salt Lake City Ten more miles and…
If I Had You I could show the world how to smile I could be…
If I Love Again I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
If I Were A Bell Ask me how do I feel, Now that we're cosy and…
In A Sentimental Mood In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come…
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, …
It Had to Be you It had to be you, it had to be you. I…
It's The Talk of the Town We were more than lovers, We were more than sweethearts, It'…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Like Someone In Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
Love Walked In Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Lullaby Lullaby of Birdland, that's what I Always hear when you…
Medley You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…
Moonlight Becomes You Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair You certainly …
My Heart Stood Still I took one look at you That's all I meant to…
My One and Only Love The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an…
Nearer My God To Thee Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it…
Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, There's a bright…
On Green Dolphin Street It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Over The Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Polka Dots and Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Prelude To A Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
Round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
Saint James Infirmary It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner…
Someday My Prince Will Come Somewhere waiting for me There is someone I'm longing to see…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because you…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away …
Spring Is Here Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing? Spring is…
Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Sweet Lorraine Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, but…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The Man I Love I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a…
There Is a Small Hotel I'd like to get away, Junior Somewhere alone with you It cou…
Time After Time Time after time I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be…
Try a Little Tenderness Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
When There Is Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
Yesterdays Yesterdays, yesterdays Days I knew as happy Sweet sequeste…
You Are There A natural fool, another race, holding court right in my…
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis You came a long way from St. Louis, you climbed…
You Took Advantage of Me When a girl has the heart of a mother It must…
You Won't Forget Me You won't forget me, though you may try I'm part of…
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