This "Jazz Hour" gives us nine extended solo piano performances of standards by Earl "Fatha" Hines near the end of his career and life, recorded somewhere in New York City in 1977.

There is no documentation as to the origin or story behind these sessions, which sound to be in a studio, but there is a peculiar scratching noise heard frequently in the background during the entire program.

Perhaps it is the sleeves or cuffs of Hines' shirt rubbing against either the piano, another facade, or a poorly placed microphone.

More likely it could simply be an old, less well preserved, or warped spool of a reel-to-reel tape.

Although the sound of his playing itself is clear and distinct, the background sonics, especially while listening on headphones, are to say the least, annoying.