For Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol.
16, Concord persuaded a reigning giant of the piano to record at Maybeck's Yamaha keyboard -- and the result is one of the most musical, and certainly one of the most enjoyable, concerts in the whole series.
Recorded closely enough so that you can hear him grunting along with the music, Hank Jones gives full vent to his melodic gifts in a brace of pop and jazz standards from several decades, never staying on any of them for more than five minutes, and rarely falling back on the usual pianistic bop patterns.
Starting out with very attractive stride work on "I'll Guess I Have to Change My Plan" and "It's the Talk of the Town," he always chooses his notes with care while rarely losing touch with the pulse of jazz, which is all too tempting in a solo format.
Among the more touching moments are the treatments of "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Memories of You"; "Blue Monk" and Joe Bushkin's "Oh, Look at Me Now" have the most wit.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Guess I'll Have to Change My PlanHoward Dietz, Arthur Schwartz | Hank Jones | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| 2 | It's the Talk of the TownJerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes | Hank Jones | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| 3 | The Very Thought of YouRay Noble | Hank Jones | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | BluesetteNorman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans | Hank Jones | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| 5 | A Child Is BornThad Jones | Hank Jones | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | I Cover the WaterfrontJohnny Green, Edward Heyman | Hank Jones | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Memories of YouEubie Blake, Andy Razaf | Hank Jones | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | Blue MonkThelonious Monk | Hank Jones | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | 'Round MidnightBernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams | Hank Jones | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Oh! Look at Me NowJoe Bushkin, John DeVries | Hank Jones | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 18 MB |
| 11 | The Night We Called It A Day | Hank Jones | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 12 | What Is this Thing Called Love | Hank Jones | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| 13 | Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' | Hank Jones | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| 14 | Six & Four | Hank Jones | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| 15 | Spoken Introduction | Hank Jones | Play | 00:14 | 0 MB | 0 MB |
| 59 mins | 135 MB | |||||
| 59 mins | 228 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Adair | Composer |
| 2 | Eubie Blake | Composer |
| 3 | John Burk | Production Coordination |
| 4 | Joe Bushkin | Composer |
| 5 | Matt Dennis | Composer |
| 6 | John DeVries | Composer |
| 7 | Howard Dietz | Composer |
| 8 | Phil Edwards | Assembly |
| 9 | Leonard Feather | Liner Notes |
| 10 | Barbara Fisher | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Norman Gimbel | Composer |
| 12 | Johnny Green | Composer |
| 13 | James Gudeman | Photography |
| 14 | Oscar Hammerstein II | Composer |
| 15 | Bernie Hanighen | Composer |
| 16 | Edward Heyman | Composer |
| 17 | George Horn | Mastering |
| 18 | Carl Jefferson | Producer |
| 19 | Hank Jones | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist |
| 20 | Thad Jones | Composer |
| 21 | Kent Judkins | Art Direction |
| 22 | Jerry Livingston | Composer |
| 23 | David Luke | Engineer |
| 24 | Thelonious Monk | Composer |
| 25 | Al J. Neiburg | Composer |
| 26 | Ray Noble | Composer |
| 27 | Nick Phillips | Assistant Producer |
| 28 | Cole Porter | Composer |
| 29 | Andy Razaf | Composer |
| 30 | Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| 31 | Arthur Schwartz | Composer |
| 32 | Bud Spangler | Remote Recording Coordinator |
| 33 | Marty Symes | Composer |
| 34 | Toots Thielemans | Composer |
| 35 | Cootie Williams | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |