# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hank-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:24:52.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hank-jones"
name: "Hank Jones"
slug: "hank-jones"
description: "Henry Jones Jr. was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical accomplishments."
tagline: "American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hank_Jones.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1918-07-31"
deathDate: "2010-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump