The Talented Touch
{{Infobox album
| name = The Talented Touch
| type = Studio
| artist = Hank Jones
| cover = The Talented Touch.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = Spring/Summer 1958
NYC
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:34
| label = Capitol
T/ST 1044
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| chronology = Hank Jones
| prev_title = Keepin' Up with the Joneses
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Porgy and Bess
| next_year = 1958
}}
The Talented Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones recorded in 1958 for the Capitol label.[http://www.bsnpubs.com/capitol/previews/600-2999.pdf Capitol Records Discography] accessed July 31, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/hank-jones/catalog/#capitol-t-1044 Hank Jones Catalog] accessed July 31, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "The tracks are rather brief, running less than three and a half minutes each, though musicians the caliber of these four gentleman can say a lot more musically in that time frame than most can during a ten-minute performance. Although this album isn't one of Hank Jones' most essential dates as a leader, it is worth purchasing if it can be found".{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id=mw0000532994 |title=The Talented Touch – Review |accessdate=July 31, 2015}} In JazzTimes, Thomas Conrad wrote "The down-the-middle renditions and charming tags and gentle, tinkling flourishes could have been provided by an artist less accomplished than Hank Jones-although not with his polished elegance. If caution renders this session less than indispensable, it is hard to imagine a nicer, more reassuring piano album to come home to after a difficult day at the office".Conrad, T., [http://jazztimes.com/articles/15255-the-talented-touch-porgy-and-bess-hank-jones JazzTimes Review], January/February 2005
Track listing
- "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) - 1:58
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 2:35
- "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:38
- "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:45
- "You Are My Love" (Stanley Bass) - 3:00
- "Blue Lights" (Gigi Gryce) - 2:58
- "The Blue Room" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:43
- "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes) - 2:44
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 2:49
- "Let Me Know" (Hank Jones) - 2:30
- "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods) - 3:33
- "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:21
Personnel
References
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