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I have been listening to the excellent Jim Hall Trio album CIRCLES.
Are there any other albums with the same group of musicians?
Thanks
Doug
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06-27-2019 10:41 PM
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Don Thompson and Terry Clarke right? The amazing live recordings, Live in Toronto and then the box set of the complete weeklong run at the Bourbon (volume 2-4) also have this group.
It was also Ed Bikert's working group for a long time and there's a wealth of recordings, some on tiny labels and hard to find, under Ed's leadership.
David
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Originally Posted by TruthHertz
I guess I didn't word my question right. I meant other albums with this version of the Jim Hall Trio with Hall, Thompson and Clarke.
Thanks
Doug
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Originally Posted by Doug B
David
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Originally Posted by Doug B
Then you want Jim Hall Live vols 2-4 (although this is a bit more pricey).
They are all the same trio: Hall, Thompson, Clarke, and the music is sublime throughout.
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Originally Posted by TruthHertz
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Sublime? It's Jim Hall-what else?
Doug
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Terry Clarke played with Jim in other groups as well. He was a very fine jazz drummer. If I recall correctly, there are also some live albums recorded in Japan with Jim, Don Thompson and Terry Clark. I have not heard any of those. These albums were all recorded in the mid-1970s. I think they have held up spectacularly well.
I will put in a plug for what has already been mentioned. The Jim Hall Live! Album is a classic and has been out for many years with this trio. A few years back, on the ArtistShare label, three other CDs worth of recordings were released from that same run of shows in Toronto (Volumes 2-4). Don Thompson had a tape machine on stage and the tapes all came from that source material; apparently he rediscovered it in his basement years after the fact and it was decided to release them. I think this run of shows was one or two weeks and the rapport that they established was remarkable. From the reports I have read, it was a restaurant gig rather than a jazz club gig. Little or no regard was given to the band by the staff; it's not on the recordings, but apparently at some point in the middle of one tune the waitstaff walked in with a birthday cake and sang Happy Birthday to the customer over the band. One of the reasons that I really like these recordings is that they contradict Jim's reputation for being a slow, reflective guitarist. A number of these tunes blaze with aggression and brio. Thompson and Clark really brought something out in him.
Also, if you like those recordings, give a listen to Ed Bickert with Don Thompson and Terry Clark on several albums and also a duo album with Ed and Don. Don and Terry were a superb rhythm section.
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Originally Posted by Doug B
Jim Hall - Live Vol. 2-4 (CD, Album) | Discogs
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Originally Posted by Doug B
https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Hall-Live.../dp/B072JWX73X
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
BTW-The restaurant in Toronto that the Live! volumes came from might have been Bourbon Street.
Cheers
Doug
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by Doug B
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
Both albums are good, not great, when compared to the Bourbon Street recordings on ("LIve!", and v.2-4). In the concert hall setting, the trio presented more "showpieces" (a long drum solo, a long rhythm guitar workout, the funk-lite arrangement of 'Concerto de Arunjuez'), so the original album only had 2 "straight jazz" pieces (the CD reissue added a third). If you want more of what "Live!" has to offer, the "vol.2-4" is the place to start, and the Japanese live album is more of a postscript.
The Bourbon Street atmosphere was conducive to bringing out the best in the trio, imho (Pat Metheny said as much in the liner notes to v.2-4, so maybe I'm just parroting him). The studio date from Japan ('Jazz Impressions of Japan') seems a little tossed-off to me, or maybe I just don't respond as much to the material, a collection of 5 originals. I think 1-2 might have been improvised in the studio.
To the OP question, while the "Three" album from 1986 has a different rhythm section, it's mostly of a piece with Hall's 1970s trio work.
"All Across the City" from 1989 adds in some keyboards and seems like a transition to the last 20 years of recordings on Telarc and other labels, which mostly left the "trio playing standards" idea behind and focused on concepts and/or original compositions and free improvisations.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
Last edited by Bbmaj7#5#9; 12-20-2019 at 09:57 AM.
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What you want are the Jim Hall "Live" sessions that have been mentioned. The original album is called "Jim Hall Live" and then there was a 3 CD box set from these same string of concerts that was released a few years ago: Jim Hall (Live!), Vol. 2-4 by Jim Hall on iTunes
You also want:
Jim Hall- Live In Tokyo: www.amazon.com/Live-Tokyo-JIM-HALL/dp/B015JT529K
Jim Hall- Jazz Impressions of Japan: www.amazon.com/Jazz-Impressions-Japan-JIM-HALL/dp/B015JT52B8/ref=pd_sbs_15_img_0/135-0263502-0437644?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B015JT52B8&pd_rd_r= 8fd99f9c-419a-453d-aa61-27eb6ce3e17c&pd_rd_w=krNMg&pd_rd_wg=9PnLO&pf_rd_p= 5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=H51EWN70YNQK8N99RD8B&psc=1&re fRID=H51EWN70YNQK8N99RD8B
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On the "Circles" album sometimes I just put "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" on a loop. I just love that tune.
I also can't even describe the genre or style. I tried setting up a Band in a Box track, but couldn't figure out the rhythm. It's layered and rich, and it moves without hurrying. They way it transitions into the "main" section with the ensemble is exciting.
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Yes, that is a great and subtle double-time samba with the brushes on "My Heart Sings". Fabulous record all around.
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