jazz guitar nerds gather, it's the long-awaited JIM HALL topic! classic or dud? / search and destroy / general appreciation

His duet album with Joey Baron is really really nice (although oddly enough the drums are the louder element in the mix, which I like but you know Joey Baron can be one of the softest drummers in the biz).

Also "Where Would I Be?" ('71) is new to me, probably old hat to you Jim Hall stans. Airto on percussion and drums, with some really cool & contemporary sounding minimal arrangements.

look at this king

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His duet album with Joey Baron is really really nice (although oddly enough the drums are the louder element in the mix, which I like but you know Joey Baron can be one of the softest drummers in the biz).

I assume this one is called Conversations? "Something Special" is also recommended as is the Trio album with Tom Harrell.

i put this cd on without looking at it and i wondered who he was playing with and it was just overdubs he had done. still think he should have called it Jim Hall Plays With Himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lemu5HwjLRk

Uniquities is a collection of never before released live performances by Jim, Scott Colley and Joey Baron. It has been carefully curated to demonstrate how incredibly innovative Jim was and to reflect his unrelenting search for that combination of stunning beauty and an ever-evolving modern approach to music.

More info here.

Thank you, putting this on now. I love his duos with Colley & Baron so I'm sure this will be great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQeB8rCUHcE