Jim Hall

1930/12/04 纽约州 水牛城 Jim Hall 的吉他感觉很和谐，不是那种很有爆发力的，但是非常值得去细细品味。24岁时在洛杉矶的克里夫兰音乐学院研习古典吉他。1955-56年是鼓手Chico Hamilton五重奏的一员。1956-59年是萨克斯风手Jimmy Giuffre三重奏的一员，三重奏的另一位是贝斯手Ralph Pena。1960-61年和歌手Ella Fitzgerald作巡回演出。 1965年曾因酗酒的问题，而必须暂时退出乐坛，直到身体恢复健康之后再复出。 像Jim Hall这样出色的吉他手是很多乐手邀约合作的好对像，有Jim Hall的陪衬，的确增色不少。 和他合作的乐手有Ben Webster、Paul Desmond、Bill Evans，Sonny Rollins、Lee Konitz、Stan Getz、Ron Carter，Pat Metheny，还有很多。总之Jim Hall是块金子招牌。 他是Cool Jazz里伟大的爵士吉他手之一。 他的爵士吉他是找一位做琴大师做的。 你可以从Jim Hall的音乐中感受到什么是冷静和舒服。 Jim Hall是更安静、微妙的Grant Green，有人会称呼他&Quiet American&，他的吉他演奏出的音符，温暖、醇和、轻柔。 他在1975出版的《 Concierto》有人把这张奉为CTI公司出过的最好听的LP。专辑阵容，Jim Hall、Paul Desmond、Chet Baker、Ron Carter 、 Roland Hanan，都是Cool派好手。
 
by Scott Yanow
A harmonically advanced cool-toned and subtle guitarist, Jim Hall has been an inspiration to many guitarists, including some (such as Bill Frisell) who sound nothing like him. Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied classical guitar in Los Angeles with Vincente Gomez. He was an original member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955-1956), and during 1956-1959 was with the Jimmy Giuffre Three. After touring with Ella Fitzgerald (1960-1961) and sometimes forming duos with Lee Konitz, Hall was with Sonny Rollins dynamic quartet in 1961-1962, recording The Bridge. He co-led a quartet with Art Farmer (1962-1964), recorded on an occasional basis with Paul Desmond during 1959-1965 (all of their quartet performances are collected on a Mosaic box set), and then became a New York studio musician. He has mostly been a leader ever since and, in addition to his own projects for World Pacific/Pacific Jazz, MPS, Milestone, CTI, Horizon, Artists House, Concord, Music Masters, and Telarc, Jim Hall recorded two classic duet albums with Bill Evans. A self-titled collaboration with Pat Metheny followed in 1999. A flurry of studio albums, reissues, and compilations followed throughout the next few years, with the exceptional Jim Hall & Basses standing out for its bass/guitar duet format.