Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones: You Are There

Roberta Gambarini (vocals), Hank Jones (piano)

You Are There / Then I'll Be Tired Of You / People Time / When Lights Are Low / Deep Purple / Reminiscing / Suppertime / Just Squeeze Me / Something To Live For / Stardust / Lush Life / You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me / Come Sunday / How Are Things In Glocca Morra

Roberta Gambarini describes the album in her own words: "This album is a dream come true. In fact, to be recording with the great Hank Jones is simply any musician's dream, the highest point in every player's journey. I was blessed with the opportunity to meet Hank in the year 2001, when Lionel Hampton and Doc Skinner invited me to perform at the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. I was new to the scene then, having moved to the United States from my native Italy merely a couple of years before. The line-up for the festival was incredible, the place itself a magic one. Students came from all over the country and abroad to enjoy the music and learn from the masters with clinics and workshops in the morning and afternoon and evening concerts where the greatest musicians in jazz would interact musically and personally. There was also a stellar "house rhythm section" including the wonderful Christian McBride, Jeff Hamilton, Russell Malone and the one and only Hank Jones, "simply the Greatest Piano Player in Jazz"...(I share this opinion with most of the Jazz musicians in the world, of course! Ask Oscar Peterson or Kenny Barron or Chucho Valdez, or many other giants of the instrument ...). Hank was very warm and encouraging, and I had my first "Up Front and Close" encounter with the "Jones Magic".

Price: $15.98