West Of 5th

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Performer: Hank Jones (Jazz)
Engineer: Nicholas Prout; Nicholas Prout
Producer: David Chesky; David Chesky; Eleana Steinberg Tee
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Hank Jones (piano); Hank Jones ; Christian McBride (double bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums). Liner Note Author: Ira Gitler. Recording information: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York, NY (01/29/2006). Editor: Nicholas Prout. From the vigor and agility with which Hank Jones plays on WEST OF 5TH, one would never guess that the pianist was 88 years old at the time of this 2006 recording. Jones is joined by a fellow legendary jazz veteran in drummer Jimmy Cobb (best known for his work on Miles Davis's KIND OF BLUE), and young-gun bassist Christian McBride. The music isn't futuristic or rule-bending, but therein lies its charm. Jones, Cobb, and McBride work through a set of standards, including "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Stella by Starlight," masterfully turning material that would otherwise seem clich�d into fresh, vital, and totally engaging jazz for the ages.

JazzTimes (p.76) - "[McBride's] solos are appropriately scaled to an intimate setting, in concentrations of lyric clarity. Jimmy Cobb is unfailingly deft and crisp."

Along with his brothers Thad (trumpet) and Elvin (drums), pianist Hank Jones has been an important figure in jazz throughout the modern era. Jones moved from the Midwest to New York City in the mid-1940s, and began to develop the elegant, masterly piano style for which he is known. He has played on significant dates and recordings with Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker, among other iconic figures. He also worked as the house pianist for the Savoy label and from 1959 through 1975 was the staff pianist for CBS studios. Jones continued to record and perform prolifically both as a leader, a sideman, and in collaborative ensembles (such as the Great Jazz Trio) well into the 2000s .

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