Jim Hall & Basses

Jim Hall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00005NY5B
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. End The Beguine!

2. Bent Blue

3. Abstract 1

4. All The Things You Are

5. Abstract 2

6. Sam Jones

7. Don't Explain

8. Dog Walk

9. Abstract 3

10. Besame Mucho

11. Dream Steps

12. Abstract 4

13. Tango Loco

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars quiet genius, complete with quirks, December 21, 2001

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p dizzle "p dizzle" (augusta, georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jim Hall & Basses (Audio CD)

jim hall has done some outstanding duet albums over the years--"undercurrent" with bill evans and his recent album with pat metheny stand out--and this one certainly continues the success of those efforts. jim hall can be a contemplative, understated guitarist, and here partnered with a series of today's legends of the upright, he sets a quiet, but intense mood. there are actually two streams of thought presented--the odd numbered tracks are avant garde explorations, much like the work of the jimmy guiffre 3 or paul bley; while the even numbered tracks are straight-ahead workouts, full of blues and swing. that they alternate keeps the listener tuned in, wondering it is coming next, but it can be distracting--hence three stars instead of five. the playing is top notch throughout, and mr. hall uses both electric and acoustic guitar to good effect. this is strictly a matter of opinion, but i found it easier to listen to the cd by programming the even tracks or odd tracks separately depending on my mood--avant or straight ahead. still, a good album.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my personal Jim Hall favourites, July 12, 2007

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P. W. M. Brouns "paulfromholland" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jim Hall & Basses (Audio CD)

There is really not too much to say: this is just an EXCELLENT cd. It consists of Jim Hall playing together with one bass player, alternating on each track. The sheer joy of two musicians playing together makes this cd sparkle from beginning to end. The music at times swings, at other times consists of more experimental improvisations, but usually a wonderful mixture of those two. The bass players are some of the best around: Scott Colley, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, George Mraz and Christian McBride. Just go ahead and listen to it... Personally I cannot get enough of it!