AUGUST 21

            HANK JONES
       Relaxin' at Camarillo

                Recording Date:
                     August 21, 1956

                Personnel:
                     Hank Jones      P
                     Bobby Jaspar   FL
                     Paul Chambers B
                     Kenny Clarke    D


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Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Pianist Hank Jones recorded fairly extensively for Savoy during 1955-56, and most of the music was reissued on LPs in the late '70s and early '80s, although the performances have only partially appeared thus far on CD. For his final Savoy session, Jones is teamed with Bobby Jaspar (an excellent tenor player who here sticks exclusively to his fluent flute), bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Kenny Clarke. The music is quiet, but often swings hard. Jones is well featured on three underrated standards ("Moonlight Becomes You," and Cannonball Adderley's "Spontaneous Combustion" and a 13-minute rendition of "Relaxin' at Camarillo"), the obscure ballad "Sunday in Savannah," and his own "Minor Contention." This combination of musicians works together quite well.