Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 91

clipped from www.nytimes.com Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 91 By PETER KEEPNEWS Hank Jones, whose self-effacing nature belied his stature as one of the most respected jazz pianists of the postwar era, died on Sunday in the Bronx. He was 91. Enlarge This Image Jack Vartoogian Hank Jones at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park in 1995. His death, at Calvary Hospital Hospice, was announced by his longtime manager, Jean-Pierre Leduc. Mr. Jones lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and also had a home in Hartwick, N.Y. Mr. Jones spent much of his career in the background. For three and a half decades he was primarily a sideman, most notably with Ella Fitzgerald; for much of that time he also worked as a studio musician on radio and television. Hank Jones preforming 'Willow Weep For Me' (youtube.com)