Urbanity
Studio album by
Hank Jones
Released1956
RecordedSeptember–October, 1947 and September 4, 1953
New York City
GenreJazz
Length51:55
CD reissue with bonus tracks
LabelClef
MGC 707
ProducerNorman Granz
Hank Jones chronology
Urbanity
(1956) 		The Trio
(1955)

Urbanity is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring solo piano recordings from 1947 and 1953 which was released on the Clef label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating, "Particularly on the unaccompanied solos, Hank Jones shows off the influence of Art Tatum, while the trio cuts are more boppish and sometimes recall the King Cole Trio. Excellent music".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Jones except as indicated

  1. "Thad's Pad" - 2:56
  2. "Things Are So Pretty in the Spring" (Hank Jones, Helen Jones) - 3:38
  3. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:45
  4. "Odd Number" - 3:30
  5. "Blues for Lady Day" - 2:41
  6. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 3:20
  7. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 3:03
  8. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) - 3:06
  9. "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 3:00
  10. "The Blue Room" (Rodgers, Hart) - 2:42
  11. "Thad's Pad" [Alternative Take] - 3:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Thad's Pad" [False Start and Incomplete Take] - 0:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "Thad's Pad" [Alternative Take] - 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Things Are So Pretty in the Spring" [Alternative Take] (Jones, Jones) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Things Are So Pretty in the Spring" [Breakdown Takes 3-6] (Jones, Jones) - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Things Are So Pretty in the Spring" [Alternative Take] (Jones, Jones) - 3:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
  17. "Things Are So Pretty in the Spring" [Alternative Take] (Jones, Jones) - 3:39 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Album design

LP cover illustration by David Stone Martin

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 24, 2015
  2. ^ Hank Jones Catalog accessed November 24, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Urbanity – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 794. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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