Urbanity
by Hank Jones
- Type: Album
- Released: 1956
- Label: Clef
- Country: United States
- Length: 31:18
- Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Serving as a masterclass in solo piano execution, 'Urbanity' finds the pianist synthesizing decades of jazz history into a cohesive, deeply sophisticated statement. He effortlessly transitions between buoyant stride passages and dense, modern bop voicings with flawless touch and impeccable timing.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental
Tracklist
- Thad's Pad (3:00)
- Things Are so Pretty in the Spring (3:41)
- Little Girl Blue (2:49)
- Odd Number (3:33)
- Blues for Lady Day (2:43)
- The Night We Called It a Day (3:23)
- Yesterdays (3:07)
- You're Blas茅 (3:09)
- Tea for Two (3:04)
- The Blue Room (2:45)
Credits
- Hank Jones - primary artist, piano, piano, written-by, written-by, piano
- David Stone Martin - artwork
- Ray Brown - bass
- Johnny Smith - guitar
- Norman Granz - supervised by
- Churchill Harris - written-by
- Helen Jones - written-by
- Rodgers & Hart - written-by, composed by
- Matt Dennis - composed by
- Jerome Kern - composed by
- Ord Hamilton - composed by
- Vincent Youmans - composed by