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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 ...
Rez Abbasi: Reziliently Brilliant
by Phil DiPietro
At 36, Rez Abbasi is the latest accomplished and proven musician with a few solo releases and a few sideman appearances in his discography to choose the independent jazz route. Born in Pakistan, raised in the USA since the age of three, and having gone east from west internationally as well as domestically, Abbasi is known ...
Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder
by Phil DiPietro
With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...
Jim Hall & Basses
By Jim Hall
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: End The Beguine!; Bent Blue; Abstract 1; Al The Things You Are; Abstract 2; Sam Jones; Don
