From Album: "Jim Hall ~ Jim Hall & Basses".  James Stanley Hall (born December 4, 1930, Buffalo, New York) is an American Jazz guitarist. 

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on January 7 & 8, 2001. Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.

Personnel: Jim Hall (acoustic & electric guitars); Dave Holland, Christian McBride, George Mraz, Scott Colley, Charlie Haden (bass).

A harmonically advanced cool-toned and subtle guitarist, Jim Hall has been an inspiration to many guitarists, including some (such as Bill Frisell) who sound nothing like him. Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied classical guitar in Los Angeles with Vincente Gomez. He was an original member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955-1956), and during 1956-1959 was with the Jimmy Giuffre Three. 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. He co-led a quartet with Art Farmer (1962-1964), recorded on an occasional basis with Paul Desmond during 1959-1965 (all of their quartet performances are collected on a Mosaic box set), and then became a New York studio musician. He has mostly been a leader ever since and, in addition to his own projects for World Pacific/Pacific Jazz, MPS, Milestone, CTI, Horizon, Artists House, Concord, Music Masters, and Telarc, Jim Hall recorded two classic duet albums with Bill Evans. A self-titled collaboration with Pat Metheny followed in 1999. A flurry of studio albums, reissues, and compilations followed throughout the next few years, with the exceptional Jim Hall & Basses standing out for its bass/guitar duet format.   ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Jim Hall's Official Website

Scott Colley (b. Nov. 24, 1963, Los Angeles) is an American jazz bassist.

Colley studied jazz and classical composition at the California Institute for the Arts, graduating in 1988. He then moved to New York, playing first with Carmen McRae and undertook a tours of the USA and Europe with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Jordan, Roy Hargrove and Art Farmer. Since then he has become a noted sideman, playing with Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Joe Henderson, John Scofield, Renee Rosnes, Brian Blade, Chris Potter, Ben Perowsky, Tim Ries, Rick Margitza, Franck Amsallem, Billy Hart, Mike Stern, and Phil Woods. His debut release as a bandleader arrived in 1997.  ~ Read more from Wiki

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