"SIR" ROLAND HANNA

Hard Bop / Post Bop / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Vocal Jazz / Third Stream • United States
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Roland Hanna (February 10, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan – November 13, 2002 in Hackensack, New Jersey) was an American Jazz pianist.

Hanna studied classical piano as a boy, but was strongly interested in jazz. This increased after his time in military service.

He studied at Eastman School of Music and Juilliard School. He worked with several big names, such as Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus, in the 1950s although only briefly in both cases. Then from 1967 to 1974 he was a regular member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. Afterwards he was part of a noted New York Sextet.

Roland Hanna was in semi-retirement for most of the 1980s, though he returned to music later in the decade. He is usually referred to as "Sir Roland Hanna" as he was given an honorary knighthood by President William Tubman of Liberia.

Sir Roland Hanna, along with Jimmy Heath, was a
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Plays Harold Rome's Destry Rides Again
Hard Bop 1959
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The Piano Of Roland Hanna-Easy To Love
Post Bop 1960
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Child Of Gemini
Post Bop 1971
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Sir Elf
Post Bop 1973
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Roland Hanna, George Mraz ‎: 1 X 1
Post Bop 1974
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Roland Hanna Trio
Post Bop 1975
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Sir Roland Hanna and George Mraz : Sunrise, Sunset
Hard Bop 1976
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24 Preludes - Book 1
Hard Bop 1976
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At Home With Friends (aka Time For The Dancers)
Hard Bop 1977
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Glove
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1977
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24 Preludes - Book 2
Hard Bop 1977
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Bird Watching (aka Bird Tracks)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
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Rolandscape
Hard Bop 1978
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Play For Monk
Hard Bop 1978
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Sir Elf Plus 1 (With George Mraz)
Hard Bop 1978
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Och jungfrun gick åt killan
Hard Bop 1979
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A Gift From The Magi
Post Bop 1979
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Impressions
Post Bop 1979
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Swing Me No Waltzes
Hard Bop 1980
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Plays The Music Of Alec Wilder
Hard Bop 1980
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Piano Soliloquy
Hard Bop 1980
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Gershwin Carmichael Cats
Post Bop 1982
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Roland Hanna, George Mraz ‎: Romanesque
Post Bop 1982
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This Must Be Love
Hard Bop 1983
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Round Midnight
Post Bop 1987
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Roland Hanna,Clint Houston,Lewis Nash : The Bar
Hard Bop 1988
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When You Wish upon a Star
Hard Bop 1989
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Roland Hanna / Eiji Nakayama : Memoir
Hard Bop 1990
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Manhattan Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1991
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Duke Ellington Piano Solos
Post Bop 1991
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Plays Gershwin
Hard Bop 1993
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Roland Hanna/Eiji Nakayama with Seiji Komatsu : Hush A Bye
Hard Bop 1997
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Dream
Hard Bop 2001
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Everything I Love
Post Bop 2002
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Milano, Paris, New York: Finding John Lewis
Post Bop 2002
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I've got the right to sing the Blues - Songs of Harold Arlen
Vocal Jazz 2002
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Apres Un Reve (with with Ron Carter, Grady Tate)
Third Stream 2003
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Colors From A Giant's Kit
Hard Bop 2011

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Informal Solo
Post Bop 1974
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Perugia: Live At Montreux 74
Post Bop 1975
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Sir Roland Hanna / Jesper Thilo-Quartet : This Time It's Real - Live At Slukefter-Tivoli Gardens
Hard Bop 1988
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Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume Thirty-Two
Hard Bop 1994
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The Three Black Kings
Post Bop 1997
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Royal Essence – An Evening Of Ellington
Hard Bop 1999
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Last Concert
Hard Bop 2003
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Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan
Hard Bop 2003

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Walkin'
Hard Bop 1990
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24 Preludes
Hard Bop 1995
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Solo Piano
Hard Bop 2011
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Family And Friends
Vocal Jazz 2018

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