Hank Jones
USA
Born: 31 July 1918
Died: 16 May 2010
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Bop, Swing, Big Band/Swing, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards
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The oldest of the three illustrious Jones brothers (along with Thad and Elvin), Hank Jones was also the first of the great Detroit pianists (including Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, and Roland Hanna) to emerge after World War II, although by then he had long since left town. Jones played in territory bands as a teenager, and in 1944, he moved to New York to play with Hot Lips Page. He had stints with John Kirby, Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Andy Kirk, and Billy Eckstine. Influenced by Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum, Jones' style was also open to ...
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See also
- Elvin Jones (9)
- Thad Jones (5)
Similar artists
- Tommy Flanagan (7)
- Billy Taylor (5)
- Duke Jordan (3)
Influenced by
- Nat King Cole (27)
- Bud Powell (13)
- Art Tatum (5)
- Teddy Wilson (4)
- Earl Hines (2)
Followers
- Kenny Burrell (59)
- Ron Carter (33)
- Coleman Hawkins (30)
- Ray Brown (16)
- George Shearing (9)
- Elvin Jones (9)
- Kenny Werner (7)
- Kenny Clarke (4)
- Steve Kuhn (4)
- Bill Charlap (3)
- Mulgrew Miller (3)
- Renee Rosnes (2)
- George Duvivier (1)
- Hot Lips Page (1)
- Dave Frishberg (1)
- Red Garland (1)
- Duke pearson (0)
Performed Songs By
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Quincy Jones (44)
- Abbey Lincoln (11)
- Thad Jones (5)
- George Gershwin (4)
- Tadd Dameron (2)
- Johnny Mercer (2)
- Fats Waller (1)
- Ray Noble (0)
- Johnny Mandel (0)
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