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As with Bill Evans, I often crave Jim Hall in the middle of my work day. I love his song introductions that start with a riff or hook that flowers into the song itself. And I love Jim's accompaniment and jagged solos, bending notes and making chords ring.

Here are six Jim Hall videos I watched yesterday:

Here's My Kinda Love with Art Farmer on flugelhorn, Steve Swallow on bass and and Walter Perkins on drums, on Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual TV show in San Francisco for National Educational Television (PBS's predecessor) in 1964...



Here's I'm Getting Sentimental Over You...



Here's Sometime Ago...



Here's Jim on The Merv Griffin Show in 1965 (with George Duvivier on bass behind him)...



Here's Jim with Bob Brookmeyer in 1965...



And here's Jim in Madrid in 1988...

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