Jim Hall discography

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Hall discography
Jim Hall image
Jim Hall at Sonny Rollins's 80th birthday show
Studio albums38
Live albums15
Compilation albums22
Video albums10
EPs1
Singles1

Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.

Studio albums (as leader/co-leader)[edit]

Live albums[edit]

Posthumous releases

Compilation albums[edit]

All compilations were issued under Jim Hall's name unless otherwise indicated.

  • 1968: various artists - Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (MPS Records) - track B1, "Careful / The Touch of Your Lips"; track B2, "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (with Barney Kessel)
  • 1969: various artists - All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington (Blue Note)
  • 1983: Jim Hall (CTI) Japan-only release - collects three previously-released songs: "Concierto de Aranjuez," "Swan Lake," and "Pavane For A Dead Princess"
  • 1986: Sonny Rollins - The Quartets featuring Jim Hall (RCA) includes The Bridge along with 7 songs 1962 and 1964 that feature Jim Hall
  • 1987: The Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall - The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall (Mosaic) the complete recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall along with 12 previously unissued performances
  • 1992: Zoot Sims and His Orchestra featuring Jim Hall - Recado Bossa Nova (Fresh Sounds) collects songs from Sims's New Beat Bossa Nova albums
  • 1992: various artists - Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas (Telarc) - track 10, "O Tannenbaum"
  • 1993: various artists - A Jazz Valentine: In the Mood for Love (MusicMasters) - track 1, "I'm in the Mood for Love"
  • 1995: Jimmy Giuffre with Jim Hall - Trio & Quartet (Giants Of Jazz) Italian release
  • 1995: various artists - Color and Light: Jazz Sketches of Sondheim (Sony) - track 7, "One More Kiss"; track 10, "What Can You Lose?"
  • 1997: Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (RCA Victor) includes all recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall except the Warner Bros. album First Place Again
  • 1998: The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall - The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall (Giants Of Jazz) European release
  • 1998: The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (Concord) collects songs from Hall's albums on the Concord label
  • 2000: Ballad Essentials (Concord) spans 1981-1989; songs from Circles, Jim Hall's Three, All Across the City, First Edition, and Live at Village West
  • 2001: Mugonuta/Live in Tokyo (Atlas) includes Live in Tokyo album plus four tracks from Jazz Impressions of Japan
  • 2001: Jim Hall and Ron Carter - Telepathy (Concord) reissue of the albums Live At Village West and Telephone
  • 2002: Storyteller (Concord) reissue of the albums Circles and All Across the City
  • 2002: Downbeat Critic's Choice (Telarc) collects 12 songs from albums Hall recorded between 1995-2001 for Telarc
  • 2004: The Unreleased Sessions (Lone Hill Jazz) collects two Buddy Collette albums (Porgy & Bess and At the Cinema!) plus four songs from Tanganyika
  • 2005: CTI Best Of Jim Hall (CTI)
  • 2006: Hallmarks: The Best of Jim Hall's (Concord Jazz) includes songs from his albums on the Concord and Telarc labels
  • 2009: various artists - Douglas on Blue Note (WienerWorld / Douglas) ' track 8, "My Funny Valentine" with Bill Evans
  • 2011: The Complete "Jazz Guitar" (Essential Jazz Classics) - contains complete (unedited) versions of songs from the Jazz Guitar album, plus 5 bonus tracks
  • 2018: Wonderboy (Nagel-Heyer Records) collect 27 songs

EPs[edit]

Singles[edit]

Tribute albums[edit]

As backing musician[edit]

A–C[edit]

With Nat Adderley

With Manny Albam

With Anamari

With Ruby Braff

With Buddy Bregman and his Dance Band

With Bob Brookmeyer

With Paul Bryant

  • 1960: Burnin' (Pacific Jazz) reissued in 2010 by Fresh Sound on one CD along with The Blues Message by Paul Bryant and Curtis Amy.

With Gary Burton

With Bill Charlap

  • 2002: Stardust guest appearance on 1 track (Blue Note)

With June Christy

With Ornette Coleman

With Buddy Collette

D–G[edit]

With Paul Desmond

With Eric Dolphy and John Lewis

  • 1960: Play Kurt Weill (Lone Hill Jazz) released in 2008 - complete Mike Zwerin album of the music of Kurt Weill; tracks 1-7 released in 1965 as Mack The Knife And Other Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill

With Bill Evans

With Art Farmer

With Ella Fitzgerald

With Stan Getz

With Jimmy Giuffre

H–M[edit]

With Bobby Hackett

  • 1955: From the Jazz Vault (From the Jazz Vault, released 1979)

With Chico Hamilton

With Herbie Hancock

With Ken Hanna and His Orchestra

With Johnny Hartman

With Hampton Hawes

With Lurlean Hunter

  • 1960: Blue & Sentimental (Atlantic)

With Pete Jolly

  • 1962: The Sensational Pete Jolly Gasses Everybody (Charlie Parker)

With Quincy Jones

With Roger Kellaway

  • 1963: A Portrait of Roger Kellaway (Regina/Fresh Sound)

With Lee Konitz

With the Kronos Quartet

With Rolf Kühn

  • 1960: Rolf Kühn And His Sound Of Jazz (Urania Records)

With John Lewis

M–P[edit]

With Charlie Mariano

  • 1963: A Jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano (Regina Records)

With Gary McFarland

With Marian McPartland

  • 2005: 85 Candles: Live in New York (Concord)

With Helen Merrill

  • 1965: Deep in a Dream (Milestone) with Dick Katz - reissued in 1967 as The Feeling is Mutual
  • 1968: A Shade of Difference (Milestone) with Dick Katz
  • 1978: Something Special (Inner City)

"With "Big" Miller"

With the Modest Jazz Trio

  • 1960: Good Friday Blues (Disques Vogue)

With the Modern Jazz Quartet

With Jack Montrose

With James Moody

With Gerry Mulligan

With Mark Murphy

With Oliver Nelson

With Anita O'Day

With Orchestra U.S.A. Musical Director, John Lewis

With Greg Osby

  • 2000: The Invisible Hand (Blue Note)

With Freda Payne

With Itzhak Perlman and André Previn

R–Z[edit]

With Sonny Rollins

With Shorty Rogers, Gary McFarland, Xavier Cugat

  • 1993: Brazil (Saludos Amigos)

With Annie Ross

With Lalo Schifrin

With Zoot Sims

With Sonny Stitt

With Carol Sloane

With Bill Smith

With Billy Taylor

With Big Joe Turner

With Vi Velasco and Zoot Sims

  • 1962: Cantando Bossa Nova Means Singing The Bossa Nova (Colpix Records)

With Ben Webster

Music videos[edit]

  • 1995: Legends Of Jazz Guitar Vol.3 VHS (Vestapol) Jim Hall, Tal Farlow et al. - reissued on DVD in 2002
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 1: Jazz Basics / the Principles of Improvisation VHS (Alfred Music) also released in 2000 by Hal Leonard
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 2: Advanced Concepts / Self Expression VHS (Alfred Music)
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 3: Playing With a Group / Interaction VHS (Alfred Music)
  • 1998: Jim Hall: A Life in Progress DVD (Rhapsody) produced by Bruce Ricker
  • 2000: Jim Hall: Star Licks (Hal Leonard) ISBN 0793524415
  • 2001: Jazz Casual: Art Farmer & Jim Hall VHS (Rhino) from January 1964 Ralph J. Gleason “Jazz Casual” TV appearance - reissued on DVD in 2003 by Idem with Gerry Mulligan Quartet video
  • 2006: Jim Hall: Instructional DVD for Guitar DVD Hal Leonard ISBN 1423403304
  • 2008: Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall: The Bridge DVD (Salt Peanuts) includes Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall (San Francisco 1962) and Jim Hall with Art Farmer (San Francisco 1964)
  • 2009 (1973 & 1980): Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, and Attila Zoller - Guitar Masters: Live in Germany 1973 & 1980 DVD (As Is) released 2009

Music books[edit]

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Hall_discography&oldid=1208477076"