Hank Jones & Milt Jackson - Delilah (Live @Jazz à Vienne, 1997) {Official Audio}

Stream & Download / Pre-order LP & CD : Available now on digital • Vinyl & CD Out on June 17th The powerful lyricism of Victor Young’s orchestrations, driven by torrents of chords and brass storms played by multiple musicians comes to life here, even if performed solely by a quartet. A musical duel of studied cool from Hank Jones – Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist – and the vibraphonist who performed alongside Dizzy Gillespie on a 1949 piece originally composed as the theme for Cecil B. De Mille, entitled “Samson and Delilah.” No surprise then that the extraordinary swing of the bass, the rolling, solemn drum patterns recall a clash of the titans between the founders of the Great Jazz Trio and the Modern Jazz Quartet. •• La puissance et le lyrisme des orchestrations de Victor Young, les torrents de cordes et les orages de cuivres joués par des dizaines de musiciens tiennent désormais dans un quartet. Dans un combat homériq