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Jim Hall: Magic Meeting
by Joel Roberts
Jim Hall has long been an island of calm in a sea of overheated jazz guitarists. On countless solo efforts and memorable collaborations with Bill Evans, Paul Desmond, Sonny Rollins, and many others, Hall's subtlety and intelligence have elevated him above the crowd on an instrument where speed and pointless virtuosity unfortunately rule. ...
Jim Hall: Magic Meeting
by Jerry D'Souza
This is the first time that Jim Hall, Scott Colley, and Lewis Nash have played together, but their Magic Meeting has a sheer magnetism that draws them into an orbit that spins around some compelling musicianship. Time has not effaced the spell that Hall can conjure on the guitar, and he does his magic once again. ...
Scott Henderson: Live!
by John Kelman
While guitarist Scott Henderson has been mining post-Weather Report fusion territory for years with Tribal Tech, he has also been exploring a more blues-based direction with recordings including Dog Party, Tore Down House and, most notably, '02's stripped-down Well to the Bone, one of the most potent examples of the power trio to be released in ...
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.
Thomas.
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 ...
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