''All Across the City'' is an album by American jazz guitarist
Jim Hall recorded in 1988 and released on the
Concord Jazz
Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...
label.
Concord Records: album details
accessed November 7, 2019
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars, with the review by Ken Dryden stating, "Jim Hall's successful blend of contemporary and mainstream jazz should appeal to both camps on this well-crafted CD. Hall displays the subtle quiet lyricism that makes his guitar sound instantly identifiable... One of Jim Hall's best CDs".
Track listing
All compositions by Jim Hall except where noted
# "Beija-Flor" ( Nelson Cavaquinho, Noel Silva) – 6:32
# "Bemsha Swing
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" (Thelonious Monk
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, Denzil Best
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Biography
Best was born in New York City, into a musi ...
) – 5:13
# " Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington
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, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
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Mills was ...
) – 4:51
# "Young One (For Debra)" – 4:27
# "R.E.M. State" (Gil Goldstein) – 5:34
# "Jane" – 4:59
# "All Across the City" – 5:32
# "Drop Shot" – 5:33
# " How Deep Is the Ocean?" ( Irving Berlin) – 3:29
# "Something Tells Me" (Jane Hall) – 5:00
# "Big Blues" – 6:25
Personnel
* Jim Hall – guitar
*Gil Goldstein
Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 time
Biography
He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence We ...
– keyboards
*Steve LaSpina
Steven Frank LaSpina (born March 24, 1954) is an American jazz bassist who plays both upright and electric bass.
Life and career
Steve LaSpina was born in Wichita Falls, Texas; his father and grandfather both played in dance bands. He attended the ...
– bass
* Terry Clarke – drums
References
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Jim Hall (musician) albums
1989 albums
albums produced by Carl Jefferson
Concord Records albums