Have You Met Hank Jones

Have You Met Hank Jones (also released as Hank Jones Solo Piano) is a solo album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones recorded in 1956 for the Savoy label.[1][2]

Have You Met Hank Jones
Studio album by Hank Jones
Released	1956
Recorded	July 9 and August 8 & 20, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:25
Label	Savoy MG 12084
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Hank Jones chronology
Bluebird (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic stated "Despite being a strong two-handed pianist falling into the transition between swing and bop, Jones tends to sound more swinging in a trio format, although these melodic and sometimes rhapsodic solos are also reasonably enjoyable".[3]

Track listing

1. "It Had To Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:12
2. "Heart and Soul" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 3:14
3. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:23
4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:50
5. "Kankakee Shout" (Hank Jones) - 3:10
6. "Body & Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 3:37
7. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 2:28
8. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:15
9. "Teddy's Dream" (Teddy Von Seele) - 3:05
10. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:12
11. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:08
12. "Solo Blues" (Jones) - 4:51

Personnel

• Hank Jones - piano

References

1. Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed July 31, 2015
2. Hank Jones Catalog accessed July 31, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Hank Jones Solo Piano – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2015.