Earl Hines - You Are Too Beautiful

This is from Earl Hines - At Home, recorded in 1969 on his own piano.

The piano was a gift from Scott Newhall, and there's a silver plate above the keyboard which has had these words inscribed: 'Presented by jazz lovers from all over the world. This piano is the only one of its kind in the world and expresses the great genius of a man who never played a melancholy note in his lifetime on a planet that has often succumbed to despair'.

The Steinway has a fantastic, rich sound. Earl Hines' solo records are mostly made in one take, no splicing or anything. At Home, Hines '65 and East of the Sun are all wonderfully recorded, great records of one of the greatest pianoplayers ever.