Tiptoe Tapdance

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Tiptoe Tapdance | type = Studio | artist = [[Hank Jones]] | cover = Tiptoe Tapdance.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = June 29, 1977 and January 21, 1978 [[Fantasy Studios]], Berkeley, CA | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 37:20 | label = [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]] GXY 5108 | producer = Ed Michel | chronology = [[Hank Jones]] | prev_title = [[Direct from L.A.]] | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = [[Groovin' High (Hank Jones album)|Groovin' High]] | next_year = 1978 }}

'''''Tiptoe Tapdance''''' is a solo album by pianist [[Hank Jones]] recorded in 1977 and 1978 for the [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/hank-jones/catalog/#galaxy-gxy-5108 Hank Jones Catalog] accessed August 5, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/galaxy/galaxy.html Galaxy Album Discography], accessed August 5, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/galaxy/galaxy.html Both Sides Now: Galaxy Album Discography], accessed October 13, 2017</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=794}}</ref> | rev3 = [[DownBeat|Downbeat]] | rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0"/> }}

[[AllMusic]] awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "The emphasis is on ballads and his treatments of these songs (which include three religious pieces) are respectful, melodic and lightly swinging. There is not much variety here but the music (within its limitations) is enjoyable".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000085882 |title=''Tiptoe Tapdance'' – Review |accessdate=August 5, 2015}}</ref>

Downbeat assigned a 4 star rating to the album.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Stern |first=Chip |date=April 19, 1979 |title=Reviews. Hank Jones. Tiptoe Tapdance. |journal=[[DownBeat|Downbeat]] |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=22}}</ref> Reviewer Chip Stern wrote, "''Tiptoe Tapdance'' is refined and engaging".<ref name=":0" />

==Track listing== # "[[I Didn't Know What Time It Was]]" ([[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]]) - 4:20 # "[[Emily (1964 song)|Emily]]" ([[Johnny Mandel]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) - 3:12 # "[[Sweet Lorraine]]" ([[Cliff Burwell]], [[Mitchell Parish]]) - 4:05 # "[[Two Sleepy People]]" ([[Hoagy Carmichael]], [[Frank Loesser]]) - 5:37 # "[[I'll Be Around (1942 song)|I'll Be Around]]" ([[Alec Wilder]]) - 1:34 # "It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)" (Traditional) - 4:57 # "[[Love Divine, All Loves Excelling|Love Divine, All Loves Surpassing]]" ([[Charles Wesley]]) - 3:23 # "[[Memories of You]]" ([[Eubie Blake]], [[Andy Razaf]]) - 4:51 # "[[Lord, I Want to Be a Christian]]" (Traditional) - 5:21

== Personnel == *[[Hank Jones]] - [[piano]]

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:1978 albums]] [[Category:Hank Jones albums]] [[Category:Galaxy Records albums]] [[Category:Solo piano jazz albums]]