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Hank Jones Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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Hank Jones
The Recording Academy awarded HANK JONES with a Lifetime Achievement Award this past weekend at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Hank Jones is an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer who throughout his illustrious career has recorded more than 60 albums under his own name and countless others as a guest. His accessible playing style has embodied the essence of mainstream jazz, making him one of the most sought after and recorded jazz pianists throughout history.

441 and Test of Time Records is proud to have released 13 Hank Jones albums in its catalog, including both contemporary and legacy recordings.

Remastered releases on the Test of Time label include The Great Jazz Trio's At the Village Vanguard, At the Village Vanguard Vol. 2, At the Village Vanguard Again, Love For Sale, and New Wine in Old Bottles with Jackie McLean. KJLH, Direct From L.A., Milestones, and The Great Tokyo Meeting were released as a box set entitled Objects Appear Closer - The Great Jazz Trio '77 - '78. Hank Jones' Hanky Panky is also available.

As for more recent recordings, 441 Records has released Autumn Leaves, Collaboration, and 'S Wonderful all by The Great Jazz Trio

Coming in March, Test of Time Records will be releasing I'm Old Fashioned by Sadao Watanabe with The Great Jazz Trio.

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