Hank Jones Steal Away

4 Stars - Excellent - "...This poignant and affecting album is devoted to spirituals, hymns and folk songs, and Haden's booming sound and uncanny harmonic feel perfectly supports Jones's softly rolling chords, mixture of local-church artlessness and dignified funkiness..."
"...all the material possesses a stately quality....The elegance brought to the reading by Jones and Haden is only overshadowed by the lustrousness of the material..."
Village Voice (1/16/96) - Ranked #9 in the Village Voice's Best Jazz Discs of '95 - "...a critical and even miraculous work that says something new about the folk songs and spirituals at the foundation of African American music..."
"...their treatment of the material is reverant, with very little filigree. But it achieves an elegant depth, never maudlin or morose. And in Haden's wide bass tones, and Jone's clustered voicings, even darkness takes on new hues..."