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Jim Hall
Jazz guitarist Jim Hall, in 2005
Jazz guitarist Jim Hall, in 2005
Background information
Birth name James Stanley Hall
Born December 4, 1930 (1930-12-04) (age 77)
Origin Buffalo, New York
Genre(s) jazz/cool jazz/post-bop
Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer, arranger
Instrument(s) guitar
Years active 1955 - present
Label(s) ArtistShare, Telarc

James Stanley Hall (born December 4, 1930, Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz guitarist. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Cool jazz is a Jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo Jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music ArtistShare is a service for Musicians to fund their projects outside the normal recording industry Telarc International Corporation is an Independent record label, based in Cleveland Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres

Career

Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s. The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nation's leading independent music conservatories. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

There he studied classic guitar with Vincente Gómez.

He played with Chico Hamilton Quintet, (1955-1956), Jimmy Giuffre Trio (1956-1959), Ella Fitzgerald (1960-1961), Ben Webster, Hampton Hawes, Bob Brookmeyer, John Lewis, Zoot Sims, Paul Desmond, Lee Konitz and Bill Evans. Chico Hamilton (born Foreststorn Hamilton on September 21, 1921, Los Angeles) is a jazz drummer and band leader James Peter Giuffre ( April 26, 1921 &ndash April 24, 2008) was an American Jazz composer arranger and Saxophone Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an Hampton Hawes ( November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an African American Jazz Pianist. Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American Jazz valve Trombonist, pianist, and arranger. John Aaron Lewis ( 3 May 1920 – 29 March 2001) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer best known John Haley "Zoot" Sims ( October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist Paul Desmond ( November 25, 1924 - May 30, 1977) born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a Jazz alto saxophonist and Lee Konitz (b October 13, 1927) is an American Jazz Composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago Illinois William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential

By 1960 Jim had arrived in New York to work with Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, among others. Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist Arthur Stewart (Art Farmer ( August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa &ndash October 4, 1999) was an American Jazz His live and recorded collaborations with Bill Evans, Paul Desmond and Ron Carter are legendary. William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential Paul Desmond ( November 25, 1924 - May 30, 1977) born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a Jazz alto saxophonist and Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American Jazz Double-bassist.

His first formal recognition as a composer came in 1997, when Hall won the New York Jazz Critics Circle Award for Best Jazz Composer/Arranger. His pieces for string, brass, and vocal ensembles can be heard on his "Textures" and "By Arrangement" recordings. His original composition, "Quartet Plus Four," a piece for jazz quartet augmented by the Zapolski string quartet, was debuted in Denmark during the concert and ceremony where he was awarded the coveted Jazzpar Prize, and later released on CD.

His most recent large-scale composition was a concerto for guitar and orchestra, commissioned by Towson University in Maryland for The First World Guitar Congress, which was debuted in June 2004 with the Baltimore Symphony. Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short is an American Public university located in Towson in The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ( BSO) is a major American Symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland. He was awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship award in January 2004. The NEA or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven Jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards

Jim's wife, Jane, is a psychoanalyst and a songwriter. Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior They currently live in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The City of New York Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan

Discography

External links

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