I am the sum total of everything that I have experienced musically.

Some of his later recordings are For My Father (2005) with bassist George Mraz and drummer Dennis Mackrel a solo piano recording issued in Japan under the title Round Midnight (2006) and as a side man on Joe Lovano's Joyous Encounter (2005). In early 2000 the Hank Jones Quartet accompanied jazz singer Salena Jones at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho and in 2006 at the Monterey Jazz Festival with both jazz singer Roberta Gambarini and the Oscar Peterson Trio. He also accompanied Diana Krall for "Dream a Little Dream of Me" on the album compilation We all Love Ella (Verve 2007).

In 2008 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Jones recorded over sixty albums under his own name and countless others as a sideman. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers Authors and PubliHank Jonesrs (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award.