JIM HALL
''CONCIERTO''
APRIL 1975
65:21
1 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) 07:02
2 Two's Blues (Jim Hall) 03:47
3 The Answer Is Yes (Jim Hall) 07:36
4 Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquim Rodrigo) 19:12
5 Rock Skippin' (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) 06:09
6 Unfinished Business (Johnny Andrews, Ron Carter, Carlos Cháves, Jim Hall) 02:33
7 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (alt.take) (Cole Porter) 07:25
8 The Answer Is Yes (alt. take) (Jim Hall) 05:32
9 Rock Skippin' (alt. take) (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) 06:01
Chet Baker/Guest Artist, Trumpet
Bakerm Chet/Trumpet
Ron Carter/Arranger, Bass, Guest Artist
Paul Desmond/Guest Artist, Sax (Alto)
Steve Gadd/Drums, Guest Artist
Jim Hall/Arranger, Guitar
Roland Hanna/Guest Artist, Piano
Don Sebesky/Arranger, Conductor, Musical Direction
REVIEW
by Anthony Tognazzini (AMG)
Guitarist Jim Hall is the sort of musician who displays such technical expertise, imaginative conception, and elegance of line and phrase that almost any recording of his is worth hearing. Still, Concierto ranks among the best albums of his superb catalog. For starters, the personnel here is a jazz lover's dream come true. Paul Desmond (saxophone), Chet Baker (trumpet), Roland Hanna (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Steve Gadd (drums) are on board, creating -- along with Hall -- one of the highest profile lineups ever put to tape. Yet Concierto is not about star power and showboating. As subtle, nuanced, and considered as any of Hall's output, the ensemble playing here demonstrates great group sensitivity and interplay, giving precedence to mood and atmosphere over powerhouse soloing. Conductor and arranger Don Sebesky evinces a chamber ambience from the sextet on "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," the smoky "The Answer Is Yes," and the Hall centerpiece "Concierto de Aranjuez."
''CONCIERTO''
APRIL 1975
65:21
1 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) 07:02
2 Two's Blues (Jim Hall) 03:47
3 The Answer Is Yes (Jim Hall) 07:36
4 Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquim Rodrigo) 19:12
5 Rock Skippin' (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) 06:09
6 Unfinished Business (Johnny Andrews, Ron Carter, Carlos Cháves, Jim Hall) 02:33
7 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (alt.take) (Cole Porter) 07:25
8 The Answer Is Yes (alt. take) (Jim Hall) 05:32
9 Rock Skippin' (alt. take) (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) 06:01
Chet Baker/Guest Artist, Trumpet
Bakerm Chet/Trumpet
Ron Carter/Arranger, Bass, Guest Artist
Paul Desmond/Guest Artist, Sax (Alto)
Steve Gadd/Drums, Guest Artist
Jim Hall/Arranger, Guitar
Roland Hanna/Guest Artist, Piano
Don Sebesky/Arranger, Conductor, Musical Direction
REVIEW
by Anthony Tognazzini (AMG)
Guitarist Jim Hall is the sort of musician who displays such technical expertise, imaginative conception, and elegance of line and phrase that almost any recording of his is worth hearing. Still, Concierto ranks among the best albums of his superb catalog. For starters, the personnel here is a jazz lover's dream come true. Paul Desmond (saxophone), Chet Baker (trumpet), Roland Hanna (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Steve Gadd (drums) are on board, creating -- along with Hall -- one of the highest profile lineups ever put to tape. Yet Concierto is not about star power and showboating. As subtle, nuanced, and considered as any of Hall's output, the ensemble playing here demonstrates great group sensitivity and interplay, giving precedence to mood and atmosphere over powerhouse soloing. Conductor and arranger Don Sebesky evinces a chamber ambience from the sextet on "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," the smoky "The Answer Is Yes," and the Hall centerpiece "Concierto de Aranjuez."