Jones, Hank, 1918-2010

LC control no.	n 81058273
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jones, Henry, 1918-2010
Biography/History note	Hank Jones (1918-2010) was a jazz pianist.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1918-07-31
Death date	2010-05-16
Place of birth	Vicksburg (Miss.)
Place of death	Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activity	Jazz
Affiliation	John Kirby Sextet CBS Radio Chamber Orchestra Jazz Orchestra Great Jazz Trio
Profession or occupation	Pianists Jazz musicians
Found in	New Grove dict. of jazz (Jones, Hank (Henry); b. July 31, 1918, Vicksburg, MS; pianist) New York times WWW site, May 18, 2010 (in obituary published May 17: Hank Jones; b. Henry W. Jones, Jr., July 31, 1918, Vicksburg, Miss.; d. Sunday [May 16, 2010], the Bronx, aged 91; his self-effacing nature belied his stature as one of the most respected jazz pianists of the postwar era) African American National Biography, accessed June 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jones, Hank; jazz musician, pianist; born 31 July 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States; worked with John Kirby Sextet, trumpeter Howard McGhee, tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, and big bands of Andy Kirkand Billy Eckstine; toured with Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic; became Ella Fitzgerald's accompanist; recorded with Charlie Parker (1952); worked with Artie Shaw's final version of the Gramercy Five; played with Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Cannonball Adderley (1956-1958); staff of CBS, working with television orchestras (1959-1975); played piano behind Marilyn Monroe (1962); member of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra and toured with Benny Goodman and Stan Getz (1966); played piano in Broadway musical Ain'tMisbehavin'(1970's); led and recorded with the Great Jazz Trio (1976); recorded over sixty albums and thousands as a sideman; honored with National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award (1989); died 16 May 2010 in New York, New York, United States)