Jim Hall

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

"Jazz Guitar" was Jim Hall’s debut album as a leader. The first LP edition contained ten tunes, including “This Is Always” but omitting “Too Close for Comfort”. However, later releases would differ considerably from the original issue. The second LP edition had only nine tunes (“This Is Always” was omitted), and presented edited versions of many tracks (mainly editing out piano or bass solos), and what is worse, transformed the trio into a quartet, dubbing a drums track by Larry Bunker over the original trio music.

This edition compiles, for the first time ever on vinyl, all existing music from the sessions, respecting the songs’ original length and without any overdub. Due to the time limits of the LP format, the orderof the tunes had to be slightly changed with respect to the first LP issue, in order to make room for the eleventh tune from the session, “Too Close for Comfort”. This is the first time the complete session appears on a single LP.

PERSONNEL:

JIM HALL, guitar
CARL PERKINS, piano
RED MITCHELL, bass

SIDE A:

01 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
02 THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
03 THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
04 TANGERINE
05 9:20 SPECIAL

SIDE B:

01 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
02 THIS IS ALWAYS
03 DEEP IN A DREAM
04 LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
05 SEVEN COME ELEVEN
06 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT