From The Washington Post:
The legendary pianist Hank Jones, 91, an eloquent and lyrical soloist and accompanist to every major name in jazz since the 1940s, died May 16 in New York City.
Mr. Jones was known for his light touch and his embrace of bebop’s fast pace and complex phrasing. He played “as though he were plucking the piano’s strings instead of striking its keys, and his gracefully restrained single-note style are a reformulation of their aesthetic in modern jazz.,” wrote David Rosenthal in “Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955- 1965.”
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