Jim Hall

1930/12/04 紐約州 水牛城 Jim Hall 的吉他感覺很和諧，不是那種很有爆發(fā)力的，但是非常值得去細細品味。24歲時在洛杉磯的克里夫蘭音樂學(xué)院研習(xí)古典吉他。1955-56年是鼓手Chico Hamilton五重奏的一員。1956-59年是薩克斯風(fēng)手Jimmy Giuffre三重奏的一員，三重奏的另一位是貝斯手Ralph Pena。1960-61年和歌手Ella Fitzgerald作巡回演出。 1965年曾因酗酒的問題，而必須暫時退出樂壇，直到身體恢復(fù)健康之后再復(fù)出。 像Jim Hall這樣出色的吉他手是很多樂手邀約合作的好對像，有Jim Hall的陪襯，的確增色不少。 和他合作的樂手有Ben Webster、Paul Desmond、Bill Evans，Sonny Rollins、Lee Konitz、Stan Getz、Ron Carter，Pat Metheny，還有很多。總之Jim Hall是塊金子招牌。 他是Cool Jazz里偉大的爵士吉他手之一。 他的爵士吉他是找一位做琴大師做的。 你可以從Jim Hall的音樂中感受到什么是冷靜和舒服。 Jim Hall是更安靜、微妙的Grant Green，有人會稱呼他&Quiet American&，他的吉他演奏出的音符，溫暖、醇和、輕柔。 他在1975出版的《 Concierto》有人把這張奉為CTI公司出過的最好聽的LP。專輯陣容，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.