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Magic Meeting
By Jim Hall
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2004
Track listing: Bent Blue; Blackwell's Message; Skylark; Canto Neruda; Furnished Flats; Body and Soul; St.
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Jim Hall: Magic Meeting
by John Kelman
Some artists use an onslaught of sound to envelope the listener; others use quiet to draw them in. It's interesting how even in a conventionally noisy club, when a compelling artist plays at a low level the audience seems to naturally quieten down, sitting on the edges of the seats and leaning forward to better hear ...
A Fireside Chat with Jim Hall
by AAJ Staff
Ignore the robust tone of Sonny Rollins tenor on “God Bless the Child" (The Bridge ) and you will hear the subtle elegance of Jim Hall. The man is class. The guitarist appears on one classic after another. The short list is as follows: Stan Getz's Cool Velvet, Ella Fitzgerald's Ella in Berlin (the one where ...
Jim Hall: Live!
by Joshua Weiner
Jim Hall is our greatest living jazz guitarist, and probably one of our greatest jazz musicians, regardless of instrument, to boot. So why, despite being widely acclaimed by jazz aficionados, is he not exactly a household name? It probably has to do with his innately self-effacing demeanor, both on and off the bandstand. Beginning in the ...
The Easy Way
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: The Easy Way; Mack The Knife; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Careful; Ray's Time; A Dream; Off Center; Montage; Time Enough.
Jim Hall
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of Riel Lazarus Over the course of his near 50 years in jazz, there is little ground guitarist Jim Hall has not yet covered. From his stints as sideman for Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Giuffre, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, to his countless recordings and tours as leader, Hall has established ...
Jim Hall: Live!
by David Rickert
Jim Hall was a sideman on countless sessions with jazz notables--Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans to name but two--yet his work as a leader remains largely unreissued. This makes the reappearance of this 1976 live recording a real treat for jazz guitar fans, for whom Hall is one of the greatest and most imitated legends. Hall ...
Jim Hall: Downbeat Critics
by C. Michael Bailey
At the top of his game... Seventy-two-year-old Jim Hall shows little indication of slowing down. He has been performing on the Telarc Jazz roster since 1994 and has produced nine recordings for the label, only missing 1996 as a release year. These recordings have received broad and receptive commentary from the critical community. These recordings approach ...
