Concierto

Artist: Jim Hall
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074646513224
EAN: 0074646513224
ASIN: B000002AGY

Release Date: 1997-09-02

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Tracks:

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Two's Blues
The Answer Is Yes
Concierto de Aranjuez
Rock Skippin'
Unfinished Business
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Alt. Take)
The Answer Is Yes (Alt. Take)
Rock Skippin' (Alt. Take)

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Customer Reviews:

This one just about has it all.......2006-12-02

This CD has the reputation of being Jim Hall's best. Since it's my first Jim Hall CD, I can't speak to that. It is, however, a very good CD. The style is mainstream jazz. Though it came out during jazz's "dark ages" (1975), this CD with a few small sound quality adjustments could have been released anytime between 1960 through 2006. Jim Hall's guitar playing is tasteful and virtuoso. The centerpiece of the album is "Concierto de Aranjuez" which is opens recognizably like Miles' version, but the next 18 minutes go in a different, jazzier direction. The five gentlemen playing with Jim Hall all do a top-notch job. Despite age and stylistic differences, they mesh superbly. A very good CD.

An Essential Modern Jazz Guitar Album.......2006-11-19

"Concierto" was recorded April 16th and 23rd at Van Gelder Studios, 1975. It is perhaps the most beautiful and lyrical jazz guitar album of all time. There's something about this album that just makes everything else seem secondary. That's an extreme statement for an extreme album.

Joining Jim Hall on this session are some really fantastic players. All these players are capable of impeccable lyricism and creative improvisation. Chet Baker on trumpet is a good choice. He always manages to find his voice on a record and does a fine job at providing that voice. Paul Desmond is on alto saxophone and is by far, in my opinion, one of the greatest alto players of his generation. He was so smooth and his technique was unmatched. What a wonderful player he was! Desmond had also been playing with Hall alot in those days. I would also suggest as a companion album to pick up "First Place Again," "Blue," or "Take Ten." All are fine albums by Desmond and also feature Jim Hall on guitar. On piano is Roland Hanna, whose name I was very unfamiliar with up until recently when I bought some Emily Remler albums. He's one of the greats and it's a shame I'm not more familiar with his work. On drums is Steve Gadd who is probably one of the finest drummers of our time. He's done alot of jazz fusion work too most notably with Al Di Meola and Jeff Beck. He surprisingly fits well into this group. He kind of lays back and goes with the flow instead of trying to outplay everyone. Finally we have Jim Hall whose one of the great jazz guitarists of our time. He's so lyrical with his playing and understated. He blends so well with other players. Never crowds them or tries to outplay them. Hall doesn't or never has had an ego. I can tell when somebody has an ego. In fact, most listeners of jazz music can tell when a musician has an ego they try to hog all the space and don't leave any room for the other players. Hall was never like that. He's also not about chops, although the man has plenty, he's not a flashy jazz player. He doesn't resort to licks. Every note the man plays is carefully constructed. A very subtle, melodic, and textural guitar player and an absolute master of harmony.

If you're a fan of jazz guitar, then you owe to yourself to acquire this fine release.

Concierto de Aranjuez.......2006-06-22

Great interpretation of Concierto de Aranjuez.
I am not into jazz, but this interpretation of Aranjuez really moves me.
Deserves 5 stars for this track.

I remember..........2004-09-27

I remember, while living in Chicago, a radio show in which *Sister (No Last Name)* spoke of when she spent 15 minutes in Heaven. Well to listen to the nineteen minutes of Concerto de Aranjuez seems to be a worthwhile, earthly, substitute.

A Jazz Masterpiece.......2003-03-29

How did I miss this one? I was really into jazz albums issued on the CTI label back in the 1970s, but I was completely unaware of this until I heard it on vinyl recently at a friend's house. Naturally, I had to have my own copy, so I ordered it on CD as soon as I returned home.
I like the whole CD, but the core of this is the magnificent interpretation of Concierto de Aranjuez which in my opinion makes Miles Davis' critically acclaimed Sketches of Spain pale by comparison.
On Concierto, Hall is accompanied by jazz legends Paul Desmond, Ron Carter and Chet Baker as well as accomplished session men Steve Gadd and Roland Hanna. This sextet blends so smoothly, you might think these guys had been together for years. That can be partially credited of course to the production of Creed Taylor and the arrangements of the label's arranger Don Sebesky, but also to Taylor's instinctive ability to gather musicians who meshed with one another for whatever project was at hand.
This jazz masterpiece is one that belongs in every audiophile's collection. Order it today!

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