Compassion (Hank Jones album)

Compassion (also released as Foggy Day) is an album by pianist Hank Jones recorded in France in 1978 for the Black & Blue label.[1]

Compassion
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedJuly 17, 1978
Mirival Studio, Brignoles, France
GenreJazz
Length67:07
LabelBlack & Blue
33.141
Hank Jones chronology
New Wine in Old Bottles
(1978)
Compassion
(1978)
Carnaval
(1978)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "It's hard to imagine any of these three superb musicians being in anything other than top form, and they do not disappoint."[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:28
  2. "Angel Face" (Hank Jones) – 6:30
  3. "Allan's Allies" (Alan Dawson) – 3:53
  4. "Hank's Blues" (Jones) – 6:01
  5. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár) – 6:31
  6. "Compassion" (Milt Hinton) – 8:20
  7. "Come to Me" (Milt Jackson) – 6:26
  8. "A Foggy Day" [Take 1] (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" [Take 2] (Lehár) – 6:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Come to Me" [Take 1] (Jackson) – 8:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Alan's Allies" [Take 1] (Dawson) – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hank Jones Catalog accessed August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Compassion – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 794. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.