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Jim Hall (musician) Discography
Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 Extended play, EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists. Studio albums (as leader/co-leader) * 1957: ''Jazz Guitar (album), Jazz Guitar'' (Pacific Jazz Records, Pacific Jazz, 1957) – reissued in 1964 with overdubbed drums as ''The Winner!'' (Fontana). Also reissued in 2014 as disc 2 of the 10-disc collection ''Jazz Guitar: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1'' (Documents) * 1957: ''The Street Swingers'' with Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Raney (World Pacific, 1958) * 1958?: ''A Girl & a Guitar'' with Lee Schaefer (United Artists Records, United Artists, 1958) * 1960: ''Jazz Abstractions'' with Gunther Schuller (Atlantic Records, Atlantic, 1961) * 1963: ''Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album), Undercurrent'' with Bill Evans (United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Hall (musician)
James Stanley Hall (December 4, 1930 – December 10, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Biography Early life and education Born in Buffalo, New York, Hall moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, during his childhood. Hall's mother played the piano, his grandfather violin, and his uncle guitar.Hall, Devra "Sketches from PROS Folios: Jim Hall". Copyright 1988-2004. He began playing the guitar at the age of 10, when his mother gave him an instrument as a Christmas present. At 13 he heard Charlie Christian play on a Benny Goodman record, which he calls his "spiritual awakening". As a teenager in Cleveland, he performed professionally, and also took up the double bass. Hall's major influences since childhood were tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. While he copied out solos by Charlie Christian, and later Barney Kessel, it was horn players from whom he took the lead. In 1955, Hall attended the Cleveland I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
