Hank Jones obituary

Prolific jazz pianist and composer, he was a sensitive accompanist to Ella FitzgeraldThe great jazz drummer Elvin Jones, asked by JazzUK magazine in 2001 how it felt to be still playing full-on jazz in his 70s, simply pointed to the example of his older brother. The pianist Hank Jones, the first-born of the three jazz-playing Jones brothers, was 83 at the time and still playing with the same benign determination that had distinguished his work since the 1940s.A pianist of graceful lyricism, ligh...

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