Jim Hall - Greatest Jazz Guitarists - Original Albums

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£17.98

Cat. no: 600556
Format: CD
Barcode: 4053796005564
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
Genre: Jazz

Born in Buffalo, New York, Jim Hall (1930-2013) was one of the most influential and sought after jazz guitarists since the late '50s

Thanks to his stylistic versatility, on any given day in New York he was able to record with Blues veterans in one studio, then at a Bossa Nova session in another one, and explore new sound concepts with uncompromising avant-gardists in the clubs at night.

Growing up in a very musical family, he received his first guitar at the age of ten. Three years later he heard Charlie Christian, the “inventor” of the electrical jazz guitar, on a Benny Goodman recording – an epiphany that sparked his love for jazz. Remarkably, his most important role models were the great tenor saxophonists: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.

He studied composition, music theory, guitar and double bass, (and took lessons in classical guitar) at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1955 he vent ured intothe jazz scene of Los Angeles, where he quickly made his mark in the q uintet of drummer Chico Hamilton. He released a number of chamber music- oriented albums with the trio of multi- instrumentalist Jimmy Giuffre, that are among the milestones of their time. Hall also worked in a similar vein with John Lewis, the pianist of the Modern Jazz Quartet. His truly wonderful albums "The WonderfulWorld Of Jazz" and "Jazz Abstractions" are part of every respectable jazz collection and probably showcase the full scope and talent of Jim Hall best.

In the early 1960s, Hall was omnipresent in New York: as a companion to Ella Fitzgerald and Ben Webster, with saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, and Paul Desmond, with pianist Bill Evans and trumpeter Art Farmer, and as sideman on numerous other studio recordings.

From the late 1960s, Hall worked mainly with his own bands. For recordings, he met regularly with his early companions and also recorded with almost all of his most important successors, like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Bill Frisell.

Tracks: Jim Hall - Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Jim Hall - This Is Always / Jim Hall - Thanks for the Memory / Jim Hall - Tangerine / Jim Hall - Stella by Starlight / Jim Hall - 9:20 Special / Jim Hall - Deep in a Dream / Jim Hall - Look for the Silver Lining / Jim Hall - Seven Come Eleven / Jim Hall - A- Roving / Jim Hall - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / Jim Hall - John Henry / Jim Hall - Wayfaring Stranger / Jim Hall - Three Blind Mice / Jim Hall - Go Down, Moses / Jim Hall - Reuben, Reuben / Jim Hall - Good Friday Blues / Jim Hall - Willow Weep For Manfred / Jim Hall - I Remember You / Jim Hall - Bill Not Phil / Jim Hall - When I Have You / Jim Hall - I Was Doing All Right / Bill Evans Quintet - You And The Night And The Music / Bill Evans Quintet - When You Wish Upon A Star / Bill Evans Quintet - I'll Never Smile Again / Bill Evans Quintet - Interplay / Bill Evans Quintet - You Go To My Head / Bill Evans Quintet - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Body and Soul / Jim Hall, John Lewis - I Should Care / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Afternoon in Paris / Jim Hall, John Lewis - I Remember Clifford / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Goose Grease / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - When Your Lover Has Gone / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Remember / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Patricia / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - A Country Boy / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - You Know / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - My Old Flame / Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - People Will Say We're in Love / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - A Nice Day / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - My Funny Valentine / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - Blue Sands / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - The Sage / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - The Morning After / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - I Want to Be Happy / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - Spectacular /
Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - Free Form / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - Walking Carson Blues / Chico Hamilton Quintet feat. Buddy Collette - Buddy Boo / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Love Me Or Leave Me / Jim Hall, John Lewis - I Can't Get Started / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Easy Living / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Skylark / Jim Hall, John Lewis - Almost Like Being In Love / Hampton Hawes
Quartet - Jordu / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Groovin' High / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Takin' Care / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Broadway / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Hampton's Pulpit / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Do Nothing till You Hear from Me / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Blues #3 / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Hampton Hawes Quartet - Blues #4 / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Jumpin' at the Woodside / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - A Blues / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Blue and Sentimental / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Doggin' Around / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Moten Swing / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Travlin' Light / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Abstraction / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Piece For Guitar & Strings / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant I / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant II / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant III / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant I / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant II / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant III / John Lewis, Jim Hall - Variant IV / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - I Get a
Kick Out of You / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - For All We Know / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - Greensleeves / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - You Go to My Head / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) / Paul Desmond, Jim Hall - Time After Time / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Travlin' Light / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - The Swamp People / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - The Green Country / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - 42nd Street / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Pickin' 'Em Up and Layin' 'Em Down / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - The Lonely Time / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - Show Me the Way to Go Home / Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall - California, Here I Come / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - While We're Young / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - That's the Way It Goes / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - The Wrong Blues / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - It's So Peaceful in the Country / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Blues for Alec / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - I'll Be Around / Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Who Can I Turn To / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Colonel Bogey & River Kwai March / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Laura / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Smile / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - The Bad and the Beautiful (Love Is for the Very Young) / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - The Shrike / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - The Trolley Song / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Intermezzo / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Ruby / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Invitation / Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds, Jim Hall - Swinging on a Star / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - Without a Song / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - Where Are You? / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - John S. / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - The Bridge / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - God Bless the Child / Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall - You Do Something to Me / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Recado Bossa Nova Pt. 1 / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Recado Bossa Nova Pt. 2 (Matt Antonio, Durval Ferreira) / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Cano Canoe / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Contando A Orquestra / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Ciume / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Maria Ninguen / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Sem Saudades De Voce / Zoot Sims, Jim Hall - Barquinho De Papel / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - The Quiet Time / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - The Crab / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - My Funny Valentine / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - Wee See / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - What's New? / Jimmy Giuffre Quartet - Two for Timbuctu