Playing Like Jim Hall

Guitarist Jim Hall had a way with notes. His improvisational style often involved taking a song apart and reassembling it in jagged pieces. He enjoyed the dissonances as much as the resolutions, and below it all was the most swinging, seductive rhythm. Jim was a huge inspiration for many guitarists and still is.

Here are seven guitarists playing Jim Hall transcriptions:

Here's Michael Shepherd playing Jim's intro to I've Got You Under My Skin on his Intermodulation album with with Bill Evans...



Here's David Rourke playing along with Sonny Rollins on Where Are You from Sonny's album, “The Bridge"...



Here's Jeffrey Matz playing Jim's part on Bossa Antigua from Jim's album of the same name with Paul Desmond...



Here's David Rourke playing Jim's part accompanying Sonny Rollings on If Ever I Would Leave You from Sonny's album What's New?...



Here's Chandler Taylor playing Jim's part on Stella By Starlight from Jim's album, Jazz Guitar...



Here's an anonymous guitarist playing Jim's part on You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To from Jim's album, Concierto...



And here's Liz DeYoe playing along with Jim on the Theme From Black Orpheus on Paul Desmond and Jim Hall's album, Take Ten...