Hardbopjazz Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Recently Hank has been in the hospital. His shows that were scheduled at Birdland this month have been canceled. Does anyone know more about his condition? Get week Hank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I don't like hearing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) He is at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC. If not mistaken this is a hospital for cancer treatment, and other ailments. Even at nearly 92 today, he had so much energy when I saw him in November of 2008. So hopefully he can abate whatever is ailing him now. When I saw him at Dizzy's in NYC he was siting at the piano talking to the audience. When he began to play the MIC rolled off the piano towards the floor. Before it hit the fllor he swooped it up with his hand like a dog grabbing a Frisbee. Edited May 11, 2010 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Best wishes for him to get well soon. That's a great story, Hardbopjazz. He was pushing ninety the last time I heard him in performance. Had a chance to meet him briefly and shake his hand. Man, what a strong grip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 He has pulled out of Death's clutches in the past, heartache and soforth, hopefully he can do it once more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 This is not sounding good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I hope Hank pulls though whatever current health crisis he is in, but the end is in sight for anyone who is 92. I wish him a soft landing when the time comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymbalgroove Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I heard he's at Sloan-kettering as well. Hope and pray he can beat this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epistrophy007 Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 I wish him all the best!!! He such a jazz treasure. This summer he's billed at the Jazz Middelheim Festival here in Belgium. I truly hope that I'll see him there... j. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Here's wishing Hank well. He has so many friends and good wishers out there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weiss Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Sorry to say but it seems he passed away last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Sorry to say but it seems he passed away last night Kevin posted over on the Hoffman forum that Hank Jones passed away. Very sad news. Loved his music. I edited the thread title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Sad news but he certainly had a long and very musically productive life - even if he never struck an impolite note. Sad to realize the Jones boys are all gone now, but what music they left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Oh, that's sad to hear! But then i guess not even he could go on and on forever. Thanks for all the fine music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Pulled out Bluesette on Black & Blue and Master Class on 32 Jazz for later today. Wish I could think offhand of some of his best sideman dates as I know I've got lots more of those than I do of his leader dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Sad news but he certainly had a long and very musically productive life Absolutely. So much knowledge in that man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Jazz Times obit, posted by Kevin over on the Hoffman site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Not unexpected, but very sad. What a great man and musician. So long to the last of the Jones brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Sad news. RIP, Mr. Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Jazz Times obit, posted by Kevin over on the Hoffman site. Not much of an obit (yet) but it does have a link to a feature article from 2009: Hank Jones: I haven't Done My Best Yet “I don’t think I’ve done my best yet,” said Jones. “That’s a goal that I’m working toward, and I haven’t gotten there yet. It’s like the story, and it’s true, about the guy who was interviewing George Shearing, and asked George if he’d been blind all his life. And George answered, ‘Not yet.’ So, no, I haven’t done my best yet. “You know,” he added, his dark eyes strong and focused, beaming 90 years of accumulated wisdom, “what I enjoy the most is when I don’t make too many mistakes. Because every time you sit down at the piano you’re challenging yourself. But it’s not a competition. What you’re doing is you’re trying to make each performance be better than the last one. That’s what you work for. That’s what you hope for, to make each performance better than the last one. “Not perfection,” Jones concluded, with a wry smile. “Because I don’t believe there is such a thing as perfect. Perfection is something you strive for that you never actually reach. It’s a place where you and the instrument become one—your mind, your fingers, your body. I’m still trying to reach that level.” You gotta love a man who is 90 years young and thinks in those terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Just last week I just listened to Hank's "Upon Reflection- the Music of Thad Jones" with Geroge Mraz and Elvin Jones - really good stuff. I love Hank's playing, but I don't have that many recordings with Hank as a leader, perhaps 10. Two of my favorites are 'Bop Redux and Groovin' High which I have on Muse LP's. Really enjoy his recent CD's with Joe Lovano, as well. You knew that Hank had been around a while when he referred on his Maybeck solo disc to "Joe Bushkin, one of the newer writers around these days." R.I.P. Hank Jones and thanks for all the great music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 damn, RIP. The Jones' are together again. He was truly one of the most consistent pianists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr jazz Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 damn, RIP. The Jones' are together again. He was truly one of the most consistent pianists. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 RIP, Hank. Classy guy all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 RIP, Hank. One of the must-have trios under his own name was "Oracle" w. Dave Holland and Billy Higgins. I'll be giving that a spin tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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