Jim Hall

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release presents two rarely heard original LPs featuring the recently deceased Jim Hall (who died on December 10, 2013 at the age of 83) as a sideman. Both albums – Billy Taylor’s Impromptu (Mercury SR60722) and Paul Bryant’s Burnin’ (Pacific Jazz PJ-ST12) – were recorded in a quartet format.

PERSONNEL:

JIM HALL, guitar on all tracks, plus:

[1-8] Impromptu

BILLY TAYLOR, piano
BOB CRANSHAW, bass
WALTER PERKINS, drums

Nola Penthouse Studios, New York, May 8 [3, 5 & 7],
May 9 [2 & 4] & May 10 [1, 6 & 8], 1962.
Original session produced by Jack Tracy.

[9-15]: Burnin’

PAUL BRYANT, organ
JIMMY BOND, bass
JIMMY MILLER, drums

Rex Productions Studio, Los Angeles, August, 1960.
Original session produced by Richard Bock.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 Capricious
02 Impromptu
03 Don’t Go Down South
04 Muffle Guffle
05 Free And Oozy
06 Paraphrase
07 Empty Ballroom (Une Salle De Bal Vide)
08 At La Carrousel
09 Still Searchin’
10 Love Nest
11 Blues At The Summit
12 They Can’t Take That Away From Me
13 Churchin’
14 The Masquerade Is Over
15 Burnin’

Total time: 78:45 min