Jim Hall

• 3 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET

• DIGITALLY REMASTERED

• INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

Three great CTI records from Jim Hall – including work with Art Farmer, Chet Baker & Hubert Laws – in a great 2CD set! Concierto is one Hall's most compelling albums from the 70s – a mix of lightly swinging tunes and more complicated numbers, recorded with some of his best partners from earlier years!

PERSONNEL:

• ON CD ONE TRACKS [1-9]: CONCIERTO
• JIM HALL, guitar
• PAUL DESMOND, alto sax
• CHET BAKER, trumpet
• ROLAND HANNA, piano
• RON CARTER, bass
• STEVE GADD, drums
• Englewood Cliffs, N.J., April 16 & 23, 1975

• ON CD TWO TRACKS [1-4]: BIG BLUES
• ART FARMER, flugelhorn
• JIM HALL, guitar
• MIKE MOORE, bass
• MIKE MAINIERI, vibes
• STEVE GADD, drums
• New York, February 2 & 3, 1978

• ON CD TWO TRACKS [5-8]: STUDIO TRIESTE
• CHET BAKER, trumpet, flugelhorn
• JIM HALL, guitar
• HUBERT LAWS, flute
• SAMMY FIGUEROA, perecussion
• STEVE GADD, drums
• KENNY BARRON, keyboards (tracks 6 & 7)
• JORGE DALTO, keyboards (tracks 5 & 8)
• GARY KING, electric bass (tracks 5 & 8)
• GEORGE MRAZ. acoustic bass (6 & 7)
• Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March & April 1982

TRACKS:

• CD ONE: CONCIERTO:
• 01. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
• 02. Two’s Blues
• 03. The Answer Is Yes
• 04. (Theme from the Second Movement of) Concierto de Aranjuez
• 05. Rock Skippin’ (Bonus Track)
• 06. Unfinished Business (Bonus Track)
• 07. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (alternate take) (Bonus Track)
• 08. The Answer Is Yes (alternate take) (Bonus Track)
• 09. Rock Skippin’ (alternate take) (Bonus Track)

• CD TWO: BIG BLUES
• 01. Whisper Not
• 02. A Child Is Born
• 03. Big Blues
• 04 Pavane For A Dead Princess
• STUDIO TRIESTE
• 01. Malagueña
• 02. Django
• 03. Swan Lak
• 04. All Blues