Steal Away is an album by pianist Hank Jones and bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1994 and released on the Verve label.Discogs album entry accessed December 7, 2011 Jones and Haden followed Steal Away with a second album of spirituals, Come Sunday, recorded in 2010 and released in 2012.
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "These melodic yet subtly swinging interpretations hold one's interest throughout and reward repeated listenings".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed December 7, 2011
Track listing All compositions traditional except as indicated "It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)" – 5:22 "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" – 3:44 "Spiritual" (Charlie Haden) – 4:20 "Wade in the Water" – 4:05 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – 2:04 "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" – 4:31 "L' Amour de Moy" – 4:55 "Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) – 5:51 "I've Got a Robe, You Got a Robe (Goin' to Shout All over God's Heav'n)" – 3:49 "Steal Away" – 2:49 "We Shall Overcome" – 5:33 "Go Down Moses" – 6:04 "My Lord, What a Mornin'" – 4:35 "Hymn Medley: Abide With Me/Just as I Am Without One Plea/What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Amazing Grace" (Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk/Charlotte Elliott, William Bachelder Bradbury/Joseph M. Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse/John Newton) – 7:37 Recorded at Radio Canada Studio B in Montreal, Canada on June 29 & 30, 1994
Personnel Hank Jones — piano Charlie Haden — bass
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