Track list:
Someday My Prince Will Come
Blue Monk
The Great Jazz Trio by Hank Jones:
Hank Jones piano
John Patitucci bass
Omar Hakim drums
Sadao Watanabe sax
Chick Corea piano
Hiromi Uehara piano
Austin Peralta piano
Recorded live at Tokyo Jazz Festival, Tokyo International Forum, 20060903 Evening Stage
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010), best known as #HankJones, was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical accomplishments.
Jones recorded more than 60 albums under his own name, and countless others as a sideman, including Cannonball Adderley's celebrated album Somethin' Else. On May 19, 1962, he played piano as actress Marilyn Monroe sang her famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" song to then U.S. president John F. Kennedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Jones
Sadao Watanabe (born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, and flute. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses many styles, with collaborations from musicians all over the world.
https://bit.ly/2Yrywer
#ChickCorea (Armando Anthony Corea, June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the postJohn Coltrane era.
Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 25 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_C...
https://chickcorea.com/
Hiromi Uehara (born 26 March 1979), known professionally as #Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, postbop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_...
http://www.hiromimusic.com/
Austin Topper Peralta (October 25, 1990 – November 21, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer from Los Angeles, California. He was the son of film director and ZBoys skateboarder Stacy Peralta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_...