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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  E.J.N. - JIM HALL
Not only is Jim Hall one of the jazz world’s favorite guitarists, but also in recent years he has earned critical acclaim for his skills as a composer and arranger.
Jim’s approach has been referred to as “compositional”, as he considers the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements of a tune in constructing his arrangements and solos.
Jim Hall was born in Buffalo and raised in New York and Ohio.
www.ejn.it /mus/hall.htm   (1986 words)

  
  Jim Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Hall is a programmer for the FreeDOS project and the original developer of the GNU Robots program.
Jim Hall is a Jazz guitarist and composer.
Jim Hall was a brief 19th century baseball player (1872-1875)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Hall   (101 words)

  
 Jim Hall (race car driver) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Hall was a Formula One driver from the United States.
After a sabbatical in the early 70's, he came back to prominance in the Championship Auto Racing Team series including a win at the Indianapolis 500 with the first of the ground effect cars to be raced at the Indy 500.
The saga of Jim Hall and Chaparral Cars is documented in a museum in Texas.[[1]]
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Hall_(race_car_driver)   (213 words)

  
 Telarc International: Jim Hall
Jim Hall's musical style has been in a state of continuous development throughout the course of his career—a career that to date has spanned more than five decades.
Jim's musical style is recognizable not by a recurring signature riff or motif, but by his approach, his sound and his feeling.
Jim's approach has been referred to as "compositional," as he considers the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements of a tune in constructing his arrangements and solos.
www.telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=38   (1535 words)

  
 Jim Hall Page
Jim Hall was born on December 4, 1930, in New York, but soon moved to Ohio, where in due time he received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Yet of all the contemporary grand masters of this familiar instrument, Jim Hall is so brilliantly understated in solo and comping that the uninitiated and the inveterate alike may overlook his sheer musicianship, let alone his guitar chops.
Hall chose a fine set of musicians to realize his compositions: Joe Lovano on soprano saxophone stands out on "Ragman"; Scott Colley on bass; Derek DiCenzo on steel drum; Terry Clark on drums; Ryan Kisor on trumpet; Jim Pugh on trombone; Claudio Roditi on fluegelhorn with his fine introduction to "Reflections"; and conductor Gil Goldstein.
www.joefinn.net /html/jim_hall_page.html   (2691 words)

  
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Jim Hall has been hailed by almost every famous jazz guitarist as one of their primary influences.
This is classic Jim Hall with the rich dark tone, and all the rhythmic, harmonic and melodic development that have made him a legend among guitarists.
Although Jim has a great sound and plays beautifully on all his albums, there is something special to me about the sound of this album - the way his guitar blends with Ron Carter's bass lines and the interplay with the piano.
users.rcn.com /danadler/jazz/solos/jimhall.html   (415 words)

  
 KET | Living by Words | James Baker Hall Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Jim squeezed in a stay in Seattle between stints at Stanford.
Jim is quick to give credit to UK writing professor Bob Hazel for encouraging young writers to explore the world before settling down to write about it:
After leaving Connecticut, where he bluntly states that his life was in turmoil, Jim returned to Kentucky in the early 1970s as a writing professor at his alma mater.
www.ket.org /livingbywords/authors/hall.htm   (320 words)

  
 Classic Jazz Guitar - Guitarists
Jim Hall (1930) graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1955, with a Bachelors degree in music.
Jim Hall recorded with Jimmy Guiffre during this same period and the Jimmy Guiffre Three recordings have become classics for study by reed players and the jazz guitarists.
Jim Hall moved to New York in the 1960's and there recorded with Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer and Bill Evans.
www.classicjazzguitar.com /artists/artists_page.jsp?artist=16   (527 words)

  
 NEA Jazz Masters JimHall
Guitarist Jim Hall is your man. His more recent challenges have ranged from original work for jazz quartet and chamber ensembles, choral ensembles, on up to orchestral settings.
Hall's first significant professional affiliation came as a member of fellow 2004 Jazz Master Chico Hamilton's unique mid-'50s cello-bass-saxophone/flute-guitar-drums band, which established a kind of chamber jazz sensibility with its unique sonic textures.
Jim Hall's composing skills, which have become more vivid and apparent in more recent times, have found a home in places ranging from small bands to large orchestras here and abroad.
www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=70   (514 words)

  
 Get Up, Baby!
Jim Edmonds was, for once, the healthy one on a team that suffered injuries to Mark McGwire, Fernando Tatis, Ray Lankford, and J.D. Drew; this would be his only year with the Cardinals in which he was the undisputed MVP, hitting.295/.411/.583 with 43 home runs and 108 RBIs for a team that won the division.
The remarkable transformation of Jim Edmonds, however, was outshone over those three years by the sudden emergence of Albert Pujols in 2001, the acquisition of perhaps the best third baseman in baseball in 2002, and his own second-half struggle in 2003.
Jim Edmonds is by far the superior hitter, though voters may not see it when his name comes up.
www.getupbaby.net /archives/00000068.htm   (1470 words)

  
 Jim Hall
Jim Hall is one of the very few musicians whose conception is very personal and versatile too.
Hall sees the bass as the downward extension of the guitar.
Christian gives Jim some great pulse and swing, a secret he is in possession of: "Bent Blue".
www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo22/jim_hall.htm   (579 words)

  
 Jim Hall - Concierto - Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (OMR) - SACD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
(Jim Hall, the great jazz guitarist and subject of this review, recalls Tal Farlow's warm, flowing, melodic style.) I was already playing clubs and lounges by age 15 (I looked 18), standards like "Ebb Tide" and "Satin Doll".
Hall started recording his own LPs in 1957, has been a valued session man over the years, a bandleader since the mid-60s, and was still recording for Telarc in 2002.
MoFi's Hybrid SACD of 'Concierto', by Jim Hall (the man who's been called "the father of modern jazz guitar"), is an excellent jazz album.
www.musictap.net /Reviews/HallJimConciertoSACD.html   (937 words)

  
 Jim Hall - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
Jim Hall was the sort of competitor who was satisfied with nothing short of victory.
Jim Hall was born July 23,1935, in Abilene, Texas and was reared in Colorado and New Mexico.
In 1960, Jim fitted a Formula 2 Lotus with a 2.5 liter Climax and drove in his first Formula 1 race at Riverside, In 1961, he won main events at Palm Springs in a Cooper Monaco and at Las Vegas in a Birdcage Maserati.
www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1997/Jim_Hall_main.htm   (407 words)

  
 Jim Hall
Written by Devra Hall and produced by Jane Hall and Jon Snyder it is a truly personal experience and a must for any Jim Hall fan.
Jim, Scott and Lewis loaded in at 4pm on Tuesday and rehearsed some new music with Jim.
The Jim Hall Photo Collection will be an ongoing effort to catalog and post photos of Jim from various periods in his career.
www.jimhallmusic.com   (920 words)

  
 Jazzed in Cleveland - Part 59 - Jim Hall's Early Influences
Jim Hall, now considered a world grandmaster of the jazz guitar, had his earliest musical influences in Greater Cleveland.
When Jim was 10, they moved into a new WPA housing project, Woodhill Homes, at East 96th and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland.
It was Sharp who persuaded Hall to stay in school and introduced Hall to the records of another now-legendary jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt, who, at the age of 10, had been badly burned in a fire and lost the use of two fingers on his fret hand.
www.cleveland.oh.us /wmv_news/jazz59.htm   (952 words)

  
 WHAT'S HOT WITH JAZZ GUITAR (Guitar News Weekly #296, May 17, 2004 - (c) GuitarSite.com)
Jim Hall's musical style has been in a state of continuous development throughout the course of his career - career that to date has spanned more than five decades.
Jim's latest project, an as-yet-untitled CD featuring the Jim Hall Trio with Scott Colley and Lewis Nash, will be recorded live at the Village Vanguard in New York City at the end of April 2004.
Jim's new website (www.jimhallmusic.com) enables him to share with his audience a personal view of his creative process, in addition to the finished product.
www.guitarsite.com /newsletters/040517/1.shtml   (1955 words)

  
 Jazz Guitar Tab : Jim Hall Licks
Jim Hall's playing is very advanced harmonically, what compensates his lack of speed.
Jim Hall's playing also works very good in duo situations like 'Jim Hall and Basses' and 'Jim Hall and Pat Metheny'.
The licks works over an F pedal bass note and is basically a simple 6th interval pattern transposed down the scale, a typical Jim Hall technique that also inspired Pat Metheny, who uses similar kind of ideas.
www.jazzguitar.be /jim_hall_licks.html   (214 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Live! [LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
This was the first Jim Hall album I bought many years ago - I still think it's one of his best - and I've waited many years for it to be released on cd.
Hall is frequently listed as a major influence on the large number of jazz guitarists a generation younger than him, including Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Mick Goodrick and Mike Stern.
Hall veers away from a typical bebop solo and works with dynamics; contrasting single note versus chord phrases and moving from a duet section with Clarke to the full trio again.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KMS6?v=glance   (989 words)

  
 Jim Hall - great jazz guitarists
Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied classical guitar in Los Angeles with Vincente Gomez.
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.
Dark and woody sounding, this CD is perfect if you like Jim Hall and want to hear him in a most uninhibited setting.
www.playjazzguitar.com /jim_hall.html   (363 words)

  
 Motorsports Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Although Hall's success was based in a methodical approach, the steps were often huge ones.
James Ellis Hall was born in Abilene, Texas in 1935.
With John Andretti driving the Hall/ VDS Lola-Chevy, they debuted in victory lane at Surfer's Paradise.Hall remains active as a car owner, having bought out both Weis and his son, and currently campaigns Pennzoil-backed Reynards for Teo Fabi in the PPG Indy Car World Series.
www.mshf.com /hof/hall_jim.htm   (508 words)

  
 Jim Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Hall was assigned as Bureau Chief, Compliance Support Bureau, Occupational Safety and Health Division, NC Department of Labor.
Hall was responsible for interpretation of standards for General Industry and Construction and all compliance activities in North Carolina.
Hall held various ratings and performed numerous duties in the United States Army.
www.consultoec.com /html/jim_hall.html   (304 words)

  
 Jim Hall On CD
Jim Hall (g); George Duvivier (b); Chico Hamilton (d).
Jim Hall (g); Red Kelly (p); Red Mitchell (b).
Jim Hall (g); Paul Desmond (as); Chet Baker (tpt); Roland Hanna (p); Ron Carter (b); Steve Gadd (d).
www.gould68.freeserve.co.uk /JimHall.html   (862 words)

  
 Hall, Jim mp3 file downloads - free mp3 download
Hall, Jim - All the Things You Are [live] mp3
Hall, Jim - The Birds and the Bees [live] mp3
Hall, Jim - Ballad Z [Studio Recording] mp3
hall-jim.warrenimports.com   (261 words)

  
 CATALOG: JIM HALL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
This is the first of the duo albums of Jim Hall and Ron Carter, and it captures the discovery and delight the two found in their early collaboration.
Through the guitar madness disseminated in the rocking and MTVing of the world, Jim Hall has remained an agent of calm, beauty, musical truth, and swing.
, Hall unveiled “Careful,” one of the classic blues lines of the modern era, and “Minotaur,” which demonstrated that he was well aware of new directions in jazz.
www.fantasyjazz.com /catalog/hall_j_cat.html   (295 words)

  
 InternetEd Reviews: Bill Evans and Jim Hall- Undercurrent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Bill Evans and Jim Hall are two highly respected names in the world of jazz music.
Jim Hall’s guitar is majestic and even a bit bluesy in “I Hear A Rhapsody,” and “Dream Gypsy” is rife with brilliantly placed guitar notes and subtle piano chords.
Undercurrent is well worth purchasing for fans of either Bill Evans or Jim Hall, as both musicians play an equally prominent role in the overall sound.
www.interneted.com /Reviewpages/evansandhallundercurrent.htm   (262 words)

  
 Jim Hall | Live!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Jim Hall is our greatest living jazz guitarist, and probably one of our greatest jazz musicians, regardless of instrument, to boot.
Beginning in the late 50's and continuing on through the 60's, Hall worked as a sideman, albeit one who was often essentially a “co-leader”, with Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Desmond, Art Farmer, and Sonny Rollins, among others.
For fans of Hall familiar only with his more mannered playing, this freewheeling live date will be a welcome revelation.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review.php?id=11352   (464 words)

  
 Alibris: Jim Hall
In this graphic novel, Sate Pestage, the interim Emperor, is losing his grip on the Galactic Empire and seeks contact with Princess Leia to negotiate his defection to the Alliance in return for offering up the keys to the Imperial Throneworld of Coruscant.
In this novel Hall exposes the tragic, formative incident in Thorn's past, adding a crucial dimension to this already compelling character.
Hall takes you on an entertaining guided tour of his workshop with 10 Hall songs and in-depth explorations of each song and playing technique.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Hall,Jim   (433 words)

  
 Jim Hall II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
and Johnny Rutherford, Jim Hall II was practically preordained to spend his life at the track and in the cockpit.
In 1982, Jim Hall II created a kart racing school that combines his zest for speed, expertise in driving and commitment to safety.
As Executive Instructor, Jim has developed a course curriculum and teaching method that translates those same qualities to the student.
www.jhrkartracing.com /instructors/jim.html   (509 words)

  
 Jim Hall Kart Racing
Upon confirmation of your classes with Jim Hall Kart Racing School, courtesy rates will be available to you at Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort based on availability.
Ten to fifteen minute drive from the Crown Plaza to Jim Hall Kart Racing School on the 101 freeway heading south.
Ten to fifteen minute drive from the Marriott to Jim Hall Kart Racing School on the 101 freeway heading south.
www.jimhallkartracing.com /localinfo.html   (717 words)

  
 Jim Hall
Jim discusses the importance of keeping the listener's attention and cites some of his favorite examples.
Here we discuss the making of the Jim Hall model guitar as well as Roger's history as a master luthier.
The Jim Hall Trio has been one of the most innovative settings in the history of Jazz.
www.jimhallmusic.com /radio.aspx   (228 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Jim Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
When a person has been playing and recording music for over 50 years, you might expect the tendency to mellow and repeat past successes to occur.
In fact, if this was packaged in a plain sleeve and sent around to fans of post-rock artists such as Cul De Sac or Tortoise, they would hop on the agile, aggressive bass work and fiery guitar and have it sampled in an instant.
Hall performs with five of the more highly regarded bassists of today -- Scott Colley, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Christian McBride, and George Mraz.
www.ink19.com /issues/november2001/wetInk/musicH/jimHall.html   (207 words)

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