The Talented Touch
The Talented Touch | ||||
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Studio album by Hank Jones | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | Spring/Summer 1958 NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:34 | |||
Label | Capitol T/ST 1044 | |||
Hank Jones chronology | ||||
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The Talented Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones recorded in 1958 for the Capitol label.[1][2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "The tracks are rather brief, running less than three and a half minutes each, though musicians the caliber of these four gentleman can say a lot more musically in that time frame than most can during a ten-minute performance. Although this album isn't one of Hank Jones' most essential dates as a leader, it is worth purchasing if it can be found".[3] In JazzTimes, Thomas Conrad wrote "The down-the-middle renditions and charming tags and gentle, tinkling flourishes could have been provided by an artist less accomplished than Hank Jones-although not with his polished elegance. If caution renders this session less than indispensable, it is hard to imagine a nicer, more reassuring piano album to come home to after a difficult day at the office".[4]
Track listing
- "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) - 1:58
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 2:35
- "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:38
- "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:45
- "You Are My Love" (Stanley Bass) - 3:00
- "Blue Lights" (Gigi Gryce) - 2:58
- "The Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:43
- "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes) - 2:44
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 2:49
- "Let Me Know" (Hank Jones) - 2:30
- "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 3:33
- "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:21
Personnel
References
- v
- t
- e
as
leader
or
co-leader
- Urbanity (1947–53)
- Bluebird (1955)
- Quartet-Quintet (1955)
- The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
- Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
- Gigi (1958)
- Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1958)
- The Talented Touch (1958)
- Here's Love (1963)
- This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
- Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Hanky Panky (1975)
- Arigato (1976)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
- Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
- Bop Redux (1977)
- Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
- I Remember You (1977)
- Just for Fun (1977)
- Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
- Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
- Compassion (1978)
- Groovin' High (1978)
- More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Bluesette (1979)
- I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
- Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
- The Oracle (1989)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
- Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
- Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
- Come Sunday (2010)
Jazz Trio
- I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976)
- Love for Sale (1976)
- Direct from L.A. (1977)
- Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977)
- The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977)
- The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977)
- Milestones (1978)
- New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
Bob
Brookmeyer
- Brookmeyer (1956)
- Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
- Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956)
- Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958)
- Jazz Is a Kick (1960)
- Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961)
- Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
Al
Cohn
- That Old Feeling (1955)
- The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955)
- Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
- From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Sax Section (1956)
- Son of Drum Suite (1960)
Coleman
Hawkins
- The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
- The Hawk in Paris (1956)
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58)
- The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
Johnny
Hodges
- Sandy's Gone (1963)
- Wings & Things (1965)
- Blue Notes (1966)
- Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
- Triple Play (1967)
- 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
Milt
Jackson
- Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
- Opus de Jazz (1955)
- The Jazz Skyline (1956)
- Bags & Flutes (1957)
- Bags & Trane (1959)
- Statements (1962)
- Big Bags (1962)
- For Someone I Love (1963)
- Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
- Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
J.J.
Johnson
- J Is for Jazz (1956)
- Jay and Kai (1957)
- J.J.'s Broadway (1963)
- J.J.! (1964)
- Broadway Express (1965)
- The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
Oliver
Nelson
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
- Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
- The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
- The Kennedy Dream (1967)
- The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
Sonny
Stitt
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
- Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
- Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
- Now! (1962)
- Goin' Down Slow (1972)
others
- The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
- Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
- Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
- Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
- Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
- Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
- Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
- Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
- For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
- Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
- Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
- 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
- Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
- Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
- Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
- Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
- Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
- Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
- Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
- The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
- Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
- Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
- New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
- The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
- Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
- Gigi Gryce (1958)
- You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
- I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
- The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
- Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
- Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
- French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
- Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
- Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
- SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
- The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
- I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
- Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
- Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
- Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
- 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
- Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
- The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
- Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
- SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
- Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
- Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
- The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
- Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
- All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
- New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
- So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
- Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
- Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
- Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
- The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
- The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
- Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
- Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
- Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
- See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
- Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
- Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
- Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
- The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
- But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
- The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
- Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
- More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
- Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)