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Hank Jones - Here's Love

Released 1963

Recording and Session Information

Hank Jones, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Elvin Jones, drums
RVG, Englewood, New York, October 19 1963

12768 Here's love
12769 My wish
12770 You don't know
12771 Dear Mister Santa Claus
12772 That man over there
12773 Arm in arm
12774 The big clown balloons
12775 Love come take me again
12776 Pine cones and holly berries
12777 My state, my Kansas, my home

Track Listing

Here's Love	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
My Wish	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
You Don't Know	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
Dear Mister Santa Claus	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
That Man Over There	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
Arm In Arm	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
The Big Clown Balloons	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
Love, Come Take Me Again	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
Pine Cones And Holly Berries	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963
My State, My Kansas, My Home	Meredith Wilson	October 19 1963

Liner Notes

IF sentimentality is square, then I'm square, Meredith Willson is square, surely the Hank Jones Quartet is square and the squarest of squares are the people who have been jamming the Shubert Theatre in New York City to see "Here's Love" and have been doing so ever since its opening night. October 3, 1963.

"Here's Love", a musical version of the great film "Miracle On 34th Street" says "down with Scrooge and up with Tiny Tim" and in general, you don't have to be a screwball to believe in love or...Santa Claus.

Out of town reports were just great and as the show headed toward Broadway, the excitement about Meredith Willson's new score increased. Excitement rippled throughout the music world as it always does when it is learned that "Meredith Willson's got a new one coming to Broadway". Neither Willson nor his "Here's Love" has disappointed. There is no question that "Here's Love" is THE show of the 1963/64 season. The Hank Jones Quartet interpretation will become the definitive jazz presentation of this great score. From the tender but intense mood Of "You Don't Know"; the happy, toetapping rhythm of "My State, My Kansas, My Home"; the sweet and plaintive ballad "My Wish"; the true yuletide nostalgia of "Pine Cones And Holly Berries"; to the completely uninhibited childrens' enthusiasm of "The Big Clown Balloons", Hank has captured in the jazz idiom the flavor of Willson's musical menu for "Here's Love".

The artistry of Milt Hinton on bass, Elvin Jones on drums, and Kenny Burrell on guitar, welded cohesively by the remarkable ingenuity of Hank Jones, makes for many minutes of easy listening.

For good music aficionados. this will be Christmas all year round with the musicality of the Hank Jones Quartet a perennial gift from St, Nicholas himself.

I have said lot of things about this album, but there's one thing you may have noticed we did not say that would be to refer to this album as...square. So here's color, here's rhythm. here's enjoyment..."HERE'S LOVE"!