Steal Away CD

MUSIC

JAZZ

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. It's Me, O Lord (Standin' In The Need Of Prayer) ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

3. Spiritual ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

4. Wade In The Water ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

6. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

7. Amour de Moy, L' ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

8. Danny Boy ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

9. I've Got A Robe, You Got A Robe (Goin' To Shout All Over God's Heav'n) ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

10. Steal Away ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

11. We Shall Overcome ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

12. Go Down Moses ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

13. My Lord, What A Mornin' ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

14. Hymn Medley: Abide With Me/Just as I Am Without One Plea/What a Friend: Abide With Me / Just As I Am Without One Plea / What A Friend We Have In Jesus / Amazing Grace ~ Hank Jones (Piano)/Charlie Haden

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Charlie Haden (bass); Hank Jones (piano).
	Recorded at Radio Canada, Montreal, Canada on June 29 & 30, 1994. Includes liner notes by Maurice Jackson, Charlie Haden and Abbey Lincoln.
	STEAL AWAY was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group. "Go Down, Moses" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
	Personnel: Hank Jones (piano).
	Audio Mixer: Jay Newland.
	Liner Note Author: Maurice Jackson.
	Recording information: Radio Canada, Montreal, Canada (06/29/1994/06/30/1994).
	Photographer: Walker Evans.
	From the outset of his career with Ornette Coleman, through his work with pianist Keith Jarrett, his own Liberation Music Orchestra and collaborations with the likes of Paul Motian, Hampton Hawes, Chet Baker, Carlos Paredes and Ginger Baker, bassist Charlie Haden has always accorded the spiritual component of music greater importance than its technical considerations.
	Haden's finest work has always focused on the most intimate, humanistic principles: freedom, justice, quality. In pianist Hank Jones, Haden encounters a collaborator and fellow traveller whose musical instincts are every inch as elegant and refined as his own. And in the rich public domain of materials which make up STEAL AWAY, Haden and Jones take on an oral (and moral) tradition of music that has been inspiring listeners since before the time of the underground railroad.
	For the most part, Haden and Jones downplay their jazz stylings--"We Shall Overcome" being a joyous exception--in favor of simple expressive declamations, imparting a timeless feel to each performance. On the concluding "Hymn Medley," for instance, Jones' unadorned, celestial voicings and harp-like fills set the stage for Haden's earnest amens and resonant harmonies, to the theme of "Amazing Grace." Jones treats the opening "It's Me, O Lord (Standin' In The Need Of Prayer)" with modest delicacy, before lifting the tune into a selfless stride groove. Haden's devotional bass intro to "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" is pure prayer, Jones' rich chords representing a reassuring reply, while Haden's testimonial, "Spiritual," resonates with the devotion of countless rural congregations--black and white.
Producer: Charlie Haden
Engineer: Jay Newland

Artist Overview

Along with his brothers Thad (trumpet) and Elvin (drums), pianist Hank Jones has been an important figure in jazz throughout the modern era. Jones moved from the Midwest to New York City in the mid-1940s, and began to develop the elegant, masterly piano style for which he is known. He has played on significant dates and recordings with Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker, among other iconic figures. He also worked as the house pianist for the Savoy label and from 1959 through 1975 was the staff pianist for CBS studios. Jones continued to record and perform prolifically both as a leader, a sideman, and in collaborative ensembles (such as the Great Jazz Trio) well into the 2000s .

Artist Influences
Art Tatum | Bud Powell | Earl Hines | Nat King Cole | Teddy Wilson

Artist Followers
Bill Charlap | Bill Evans (Piano) | Herbie Hancock | Horace Silver | McCoy Tyner

Compilation Appearances

	Live At Le Festival International De(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Justin Time 25Th Anniversary Collecti
	Tasty Sound Collection:cigars Sound
	Moody 4B
	Conversations With Christian

Associated Artists and Works

	Bert, Eddie
	Carter, Benny (Sax)
	Cary, Dick
	Farlow, Tal
	Grappelli, Stephane
	Steal Away ~ Haden, Charlie
	Keezer, Geoff
	Stewart, Bob (Singer)
	Stewart, Slam
	Stitt, Sonny
	Tiffany (Jazz)
	Washington, Grover, Jr.

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/04/1995
	Original Release Date : 1994
	Catalog ID : 5272492
	Label : Verve
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00731452724922

Professional Reviews

Q (8/95, p.122)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...This poignant and affecting album is devoted to spirituals, hymns and folk songs, and Haden's booming sound and uncanny harmonic feel perfectly supports Jones's softly rolling chords, mixture of local-church artlessness and dignified funkiness..."

JazzTimes (7-8/95, p.115)
- "...all the material possesses a stately quality....The elegance brought to the reading by Jones and Haden is only overshadowed by the lustrousness of the material..."

Village Voice (1/16/96)
- Ranked #9 in the Village Voice's Best Jazz Discs of '95 - "...a critical and even miraculous work that says something new about the folk songs and spirituals at the foundation of African American music..."

Jazziz (9/95, p.20)
- "...their treatment of the material is reverant, with very little filigree. But it achieves an elegant depth, never maudlin or morose. And in Haden's wide bass tones, and Jone's clustered voicings, even darkness takes on new hues..."

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