Artist: Jim Hall
Album: The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Genre: Cool, Post-Bop
Label: Concord Records
Released: 1998
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Love Letters - 7:01
- Down from Antigua - 6:40
- Street of Dreams - 4:03
- Emily - 5:52
- St. Thomas - 4:40
- Alone Together - 10:22
- Two's Blues - 4:14
- Bottlenose Blues - 4:35
- Poor Butterfly - 5:59
- All Across the City - 5:27
- Drop Shot - 5:30
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Guitarist Jim Hall was only an occasional Concord artist. He recorded three solo albums for the label, plus a duo set with pianist George Shearing and two with bassist Ron Carter. This 1998 sampler CD has at least one selection from each of the sets. Long underrated but a major influence on later generations of guitarists, the harmonically advanced Hall is heard playing two numbers (including "Love Letters") in a trio with bassist Don Thompson and drummer Terry Clarke; performing "Street of Dreams" and "Emily" with Shearing and three selections (including "St. Thomas") with Carter; taking a pair of unaccompanied solos; and performing two originals in 1989 with a quartet that includes keyboardist Gil Goldstein. One could not ask more from a sampler than this overview, which should lead listeners to exploring more of Jim Hall's work.
Review by Scott Yanow