Latest Release
- 1 MAR 2023
- 12 Songs
- Undercurrent · 1962
- Blues and Vanilla / The Horn's Full · 1957
- Desmond Blue (Bluebird First Editions Series) · 1960
- Undercurrent · 1962
- Easy Living · 1965
- Concierto · 1975
- Jim Hall & Pat Metheny · 1999
- Easy Living · 1965
- Jim Hall: Live! · 1975
- Easy Living · 1965
Essential Albums
- 1962
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
- Zoot Sims and His Orchestra
- Sonny Rollins
About Jim Hall
A harmonically advanced guitarist, Jim Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music. In the mid-'50s to early '60s, he was a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet and the Jimmy Giuffre Three and toured with Ella Fitzgerald. An inspiration to many guitarists, Hall worked with Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, and Paul Desmond before becoming a studio musician in the mid-'60s. Though he's mostly led his own projects since, his two duet albums with Bill Evans are regarded as classics. A flurry of studio albums, reissues, and compilations followed throughout the next few years, with the exceptional Jim Hall & Basses standing out for its bass/guitar duet format. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Buffalo, NY, United States
- BORN
- 4 December 1930
- GENRE
- Jazz