Jim Hall Trio – San Francisco 1986 – 2CD

Described by Sonny Rollins as a forceful and sensitive player and by Pat Metheny as the father of modern jazz guitar, Jim Hall is an enigma. At first what you hear is a mild mannered, proficient guitarist, not too flash, always tasteful. Listen a little closer though and you find an experimentalist, a quiet revolutionary. Howard Roberts played faster, Joe Pass probably had more chord substitutions, but Jim seems to convey more personality with his clean, slightly muted tone, harp-like strumming and playful approach to rhythm. Performed at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, April 15th, 1986 and broadcast by KSAN-FM this concert presents Hall's working trio with Akira Tana on drums and Steve LaSpina on bass. A 2CD Digipack set presented in superb fidelity with background notes and archival imagery.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. With a Song in My Heart -   2. All the Things You Are -   3. Three -   4. Secret Love -   5. Chelsea Bridge -   6. Down From Antigua [Drum Solo] -

CD2:
1. I Should Care -   2. Blue Monk/Hide & Seek -   3. Indian Summer -   4. Bottlenose Blues -   5. Waltz New -   6. Mash Theme -   7. Waltz New (Reprise) -

Personnel:
Jim Hall (guitar) , Steve LaSpina (bass) , Akira Tana (drums)