Jim Hall - The Early Albums Collection - Born in Buffalo, New York in 1930, James Stanley Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Hall moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, during his childhood. Hall's mother played the piano, his grandfather the violin, and his uncle the guitar. Jim began playing the guitar at the age of 10, when his mother gave him an instrument as a Christmas present. At 13 he heard Charlie Christian play on a Benny Goodman record, which he called his "spiritual awakening". As a teenager in Cleveland, he performed professionally, and also took up the double bass. Hall's major influences since childhood were tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. While he copied out solos by Charlie Christian, and later Barney Kessel, it was horn players from whom he took the lead. In 1955, Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he majored in composition, studying piano and bass in addition to theory. Jim Hall was a true original on the jazz spectrum, always experimenting and pushing ahead, and the albums featured on this new collection illustrate his musical prowess, innovative practices and acute talents perfectly. All originally released between 1959 and 1965, the eight records featured here in astounding re-mastered versions remain a pure delight, and this set works equally well for those new to Jim Hall's music and those already somewhat familiar. - Featuring 8 records released between 1959 and 1965, this 4CD set works equally well for those new to Jim Hall's music and those already familiar.

Tracklist:

Stompin' at the Savoy
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
This Is Always
Thanks for the Memory
Tangerine
Stella By Starlight
9:20 Special
Deep in a Dream
Look for the Silver Lining
Seven Come Eleven
Arrowhead
Street Swingers
Hot Buttered Noodling
Musicale Du Jour
Raney Day
Jupiter
He's Gone Away
Jacob's Ladder
We Played at Love
Mother I Would Marry
Wandering
The House of the Rising Sun
Hold on
The Streets of Laredo
Black Is the Color
Dark Is the Night
Pretty Little Horses
I Gave My Love a Cherry
Abstraction
Piece for Guitar ; Strings
Variants on a Theme of John Lewis (Django): Variant I
Variant II
Variant III
Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss-Cross): Variant I
Variant II
Variant III
Variant IV
My Funny Valentine
I Hear a Rhapsody
Dream Gypsy
Romain
Skating in Central Park
Darn That Dream
Hold Me
A Primera Vez
Presente de Natal
Morning of the Carnival
Este Seu Olhar
Betaminus
Move It
All Across the City
Coisa Mais Linda
How About You
I've Got You Under My Skin
My Man's Gone Now
Turn Out the Stars
Angel Face
Jazz Samba
All Across the City
Capricious
Impromptu
Don't Go Down South
Muffle Guffle
Free and Oozy
Paraphrase
Empty Ballroom
At la Carrousel

UPC: 823564037028
Label: Enlightenment
Release Date: 4.7.23
Format: CD

Jim Hall - Early Albums Collection (CD)