Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist and composerWikipedia
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Oct 7, 2026
Keith BishopPANELIST
We're going to be playing that.
Keith BishopPANELIST
And he wrote a tune called Little Waltz that he recorded with Jim Hall that we're going to play.
Keith BishopPANELIST
And some other lesser-known Ron Carter tunes.
Keith BishopPANELIST
But he wrote a bunch of tunes.
John LeventhalGUEST
I was listening to some late Beethoven string quartets.
John LeventhalGUEST
But this was interesting to step outside myself and like, what the hell have you been listening to? I was listening to a Jim Hall, Ron Carter record.
John LeventhalGUEST
Great.
John LeventhalGUEST
A Toots and the Maytals record.
Doran StambaughHOST
Last week we featured
Leonard ThompsonPANELIST
Jim Hall.
Doran StambaughHOST
Jim Hall.
Doran StambaughHOST
So we have two guitar players in a row, and this is the first time for John Scofield?
Joey CaranoPANELIST
Yes, it is.
5 MINS LATER
Doran StambaughHOST
It was a good, good time.
Doran StambaughHOST
Let's, um, dive into John Scofield.
Doran StambaughHOST
I know the... with Jim Hall, um, our last episode, Joey, we pitched it to you, and I, I really thought that was pretty awesome.
Josh HadenHOST
The second piece you heard was entitled Olio, written by Sonny Rollins and performed live by Joe Farrell saxophone, Dolph Castellano piano, Charlie Hayden bass, Joe Oliver drums.
Josh HadenHOST
The guitarist was probably Jim Hall.
Josh HadenHOST
The recording was made circa November 1960 at W. Eugene Smith's Sixth Avenue Loft in New York City.
Josh HadenHOST
In this Substack podcast, I listen to albums and cassettes from the collection of my father, the late jazz bassist Charlie Hayden.
Leonard ThompsonPANELIST
Leonard Thompson piano.
Doran StambaughHOST
Guitarist-composer Jim Hall, born December 4th, 1940, is one of the most influential exponents of his instrument.
Doran StambaughHOST
His recordings with Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, and many others, in addition to his recordings as a leader, have influenced whole generations of guitarists.
Doran StambaughHOST
His tasteful spare style has been emulated but never duplicated.
Doran StambaughHOST
He recorded 39 studio albums and 10 live albums as a leader.
Doran StambaughHOST
So we'll feature Jim Hall, not for the first time, right? No,
Keith BishopPANELIST
this is the first time we've done an even
Doran StambaughHOST
song with Jim Hall, I
ShadHOST
So let's start with jazz.
ShadHOST
Jazz has always had its share of virtuosos, of course, but Jim Hall is a perfect example of a guitarist who rarely seemed interested in showing you how fast he could play.
ShadHOST
Hall was all about melody, harmony, interaction, and space.
ShadHOST
Listen to him with Bill Evans or Sonny Rollins.
ShadHOST
Technique gives you options, and speed can be exciting when the music calls for it.
ShadHOST
But speed isn't a destination, music is.
ShadHOST
Jim Hall teaches us about space, Grant Green about groove and melody, B.B. King teaches us about phrasing and vibrato, while David Gilmour teaches us about bends and sustain.
ShadHOST
And Neil Young teaches us about emotion and attitude.
Brad WilliamsHOST
Joey Baron has built an extraordinary career not by playing the most notes, but by playing exactly the right ones.
Brad WilliamsHOST
His resume includes collaborations with Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Mark Johnson, Carmen McRae, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, and countless others.
Brad WilliamsHOST
Yet what continues to define his playing is his remarkable sense of touch, curiosity, and commitment to serving the music.
Brad WilliamsHOST
In our conversation, we explore everything from tuning drums for the room instead of the instrument to why listening is the most important skill a musician can develop.
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Joey BaronGUEST
It's comes from your back.
Joey BaronGUEST
And I-- And every day that I would play with Steve Kuhn on the road or in town at a gig or, um, any time we played, he'd always go to the piano, and he'd just do this thing where he's hitting, you know, three octaves, just single notes, and the sound, it, it's just awesome, you know? And I've seen him do it on all kinds of instruments, great instruments, terrible instruments, and he is able to make it sound excellent.
Joey BaronGUEST
And, uh, Jim Hall is another one.
Joey BaronGUEST
You know, it's the sound quality when he touches his instrument that, um...
Max LayHOST
Well done.
Max LayHOST
And that was by Jim Hall with an excellent band, Chet Baker on trumpet there, playing beautifully.
Max LayHOST
And yeah, it's really interesting hearing sort of the interplay on that.
Max LayHOST
It's sort of... more of a classical piece and as a result it's not so clearly broken down into solos everybody's sort of jumping in and interplaying which made it quite difficult to figure out where to fade it out
Tomo FujitaGUEST
Like, for example...
Tomo FujitaGUEST
I can hear John Schofield play outside, but playing the idea coming from transcribing Jim Hall, transcribing B.B. King or Albert King, those blues guys.
Tomo FujitaGUEST
So he mixed a little bit pentatonic and go outside with the Jim Hall chromaticism, you know.
Tomo FujitaGUEST
So it's not like pentatonic shifting half step.
Tomo FujitaGUEST
That's not he getting.
Tomo FujitaGUEST
He just gets the, you know, Jim Hall goes a little bit outside of chromaticism, but he wants to play a little blues in it.
SpencerHOST
Yeah, he's
Tomo FujitaGUEST
bobbing.
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
What happened? Anyhow, Scott is, he was one of the busiest jazz bass players that year.
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
He played with Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, Chris Potter, Pat Metheny.
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
Like, what the fuck? This album, The Silent Moment, released on CAM Jazz with Jason Moran, Antonio Sanchez, Ralph Alessi, Craig Taborn, and Bill Stewart.
Lindsay BjorklundHOST
And then Tyshawn, he was only 26 at this point in time.
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