Live (Dig)

Artist: Jim Hall
Label: Verve Labels
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 044006542829
EAN: 0044006542829
ASIN: B00007KMS6

Release Date: 2003-03-25

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Tracks:

Angel Eyes
'Round Midnight
Scrapple From The Apple
The Way You Look Tonight
I Hear A Rhapsody

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Customer Reviews:

Jim Hall Live.......2006-11-10

This CD is flawless! I had it on vinyl and had not heard it in years. Wow! This might be the best live recording ever released. Jim Hall is a genius!

Desert Island Disc!.......2006-10-06

If you asked 100 accomplished Jazz guitarist what there all time favorite Jazz guitar album was a majority would pick this CD. I think that is because Mr. Hall is a musician first and the guitar to him is just an ends to a means. There are no weak points on this disc, all the performances from all the players are excellent.

Gorgeous! Some of Hall's best work............2005-12-14

With the possible exception of his work with Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans, this is the best work you will find of Jim Hall on cd. It sounds better than ever remastered - you really feel like you are in a jazz club witnessing an intimate collaboration. How can you not like the gentle sophisticated tone Jim Hall gets from his d'aquisto archtop? There are several witty passages quoting different tunes as well as some excellent chordal work. The bassist has a few stellar moments and the drummer is also quite good. A nice gentle yet probing approach to standards.

long overdue.......2005-07-20

This is an album I owned in college (late 70s), seem to have lost it along the way, then suddenly saw it on them shelves again. "Angel Eyes" might possibly be the best track, but it all is excellent. This album mostly features the loose interplay that Hall, Bill Evans, and others were famous for in the 60s, so do not expect much straight-ahead treatments. This is great, obviously, for guitar players, but bassist Don Thompson is amazing! Recorded in Toronto in 1975. A must.

A remarkable recording.......2003-11-20

This is in my opinion his greatest recording (I have every other one as well). First, it's a live recording and it has a freshness and spontaneity that is sometimes missing in studio recordings. Hall's playing is relaxed but incredibly sophisticated. He works these standards in subtle and clever ways. His lines/solos are melodic and story-like, but gently push the outer edge. Rhythmically there's pushing forward and holding back in ways that excite and engage the listener. This is subtle stuff, and it can be listened to for years while still discovering new elements and nuances. Much of the album's success is due to interplay between the three musicians (Don Thompson on bass and Terry Clarke on drums). They are all equal players, not just a rhythm section with a soloist. Don Thompson, in particular, is almost like a guitar player playing duets with Hall. The feel of the trio reminds me of Bill Evans w/ Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. I very much wish Mr. Hall would play more often in this sort of context.

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