# Jim Hall discography

Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.

## Studio albums (as leader/co-leader)

* 1957: Jazz Guitar (Pacific Jazz, 1957) – reissued in 1964 with overdubbed drums as The Winner! (Fontana). Also reissued in 2014 as disc 2 of the 10-disc collection Jazz Guitar: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 (Documents)
* 1957: The Street Swingers with Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Raney (World Pacific, 1958)
* 1958?: A Girl & a Guitar with Lee Schaefer (United Artists, 1958)
* 1960: Jazz Abstractions with Gunther Schuller (Atlantic, 1961)
* 1963: Undercurrent with Bill Evans (United Artists, 1962)
* 1964 Two Jims and Zoot with Jimmy Raney and Zoot Sims (Mainstream) – reissued as Otra Vez (Mainstream, 1972)
* 1966: Intermodulation with Bill Evans (Verve, 1966)
* 1969: It's Nice to Be With You (MPS, 1969)
* 1971: Where Would I Be? (Milestone, 1972)
* 1975: Concierto (CTI, 1975)
* 1976: Commitment (A&M/Horizon, 1976)
* 1978: Big Blues with Art Farmer (CTI, 1979)
* 1981?: Concierto De Aranjuez with Dave Mathews Orchestra (Electric Bird, 1981)
* 1981: First Edition with George Shearing (Concord, 1981)
* 1981: Circles (Concord, 1981)
* 1982: Studio Trieste with Chet Baker and Hubert Laws (CTI, 1982)
* 1986: Jim Hall's Three with Steve LaSpina and Akira Tana (Concord, 1986)
* 1988: These Rooms with Tom Harrell, Joey Baron, and Steve LaSpina (Denon, 1988)
* 1989: All Across the City with Gil Goldstein, Terry Clarke, and Steve LaSpina (Concord, 1989)
* 1982–92: Unissued 1982-1992 (Musica Jazz, 1994)
* 1992?: Subsequently (MusicMasters, 1992)
* 1992?: Youkali (CTI, 1992)
* 1993: Something Special with Larry Goldings and Steve LaSpina (Inner City, 1993)
* 1993: Dedications & Inspirations (Telarc, 1994)
* 1995: Dialogues (Telarc, 1995)
* 1996: Textures (Telarc, 1997)
* 1998: By Arrangement (Telarc, 1998)
* 1998: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny with Pat Metheny (Telarc, 1999)
* 2001: Jim Hall & Basses (Telarc, 2001)
* 2004: Magic Meeting with Scott Colley and Lewis Nash (ArtistShare, 2004)
* 2004: Duologues with Enrico Pieranunzi (Cam Jazz, 2005)
* 2005: Free Association with Geoffrey Keezer (ArtistShare, 2006)
* 2008?: Hemispheres with Bill Frisell, Joey Baron and Scott Colley (ArtistShare, 2008)[2CD]
* 2010?: Conversations with Joey Baron (ArtistShare, 2010)

## Live albums

* 1972: Alone Together with Ron Carter (Milestone, 1973)
* 1975: Jim Hall Live! with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke (Horizon, 1975)
* 1975: Jim Hall Live, Vol. 2–4 with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke (ArtistShare, 2012)
* 1976: Live in Tokyo (Paddle Wheel, 1980)
* 1978: Jim Hall/Red Mitchell with Red Mitchell (Artists House, 1978)
* 1982: Live at Village West with Ron Carter (Concord Jazz, 1984)
* 1984: Telephone with Ron Carter (Concord Jazz, 1985)
* 1986: Power of Three with Michel Petrucciani and Wayne Shorter (Blue Note, 1987)
* 1990: Live at Town Hall, Vols. 1 & 2 (MusicMasters, 1991) – initially released as individual volumes, later released as an omnibus by Jazz Heritage
* 1996: Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Telarc, 1997)
* 1998: Jazzpar Quartet + 4 (Storyville, 1998) – at Jazzpar Prize
* 2000: Grand Slam: Live at the Regatta Bar with Joe Lovano et al. (Telarc, 2000)
* 2010: Live at Birdland with Joey Baron, Greg Osby, Steve LaSpina (ArtistShare, 2012)
Posthumous releases
* Charlie Haden/Jim Hall with Charlie Haden (Impulse!, 2014) – recorded in 1990
* Jim Hall Live in London at Ronnie Scott's – 1966 with Jeff Clyne and Allan Ganley (Harkit Digital, 2016) – recorded in 1966
* Valse Hot: Live at the Sweet Basil 1978 with Red Mitchell (ArtistShare, 2016) – recorded in 1978

## Compilation albums

All compilations were issued under Jim Hall's name unless otherwise indicated.
* 1968: various artists - Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (MPS Records) - track B1, "Careful / The Touch of Your Lips"; track B2, "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (with Barney Kessel)
* 1969: various artists - All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington (Blue Note)
* 1983: Jim Hall (CTI) Japan-only release - collects three previously-released songs: "Concierto de Aranjuez," "Swan Lake," and "Pavane For A Dead Princess"
* 1986: Sonny Rollins - The Quartets featuring Jim Hall (RCA) includes The Bridge along with 7 songs 1962 and 1964 that feature Jim Hall
* 1987: The Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall - The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall (Mosaic) the complete recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall along with 12 previously unissued performances
* 1992: Zoot Sims and His Orchestra featuring Jim Hall - Recado Bossa Nova (Fresh Sounds) collects songs from Sims's New Beat Bossa Nova albums
* 1992: various artists - Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas (Telarc) - track 10, "O Tannenbaum"
* 1993: various artists - A Jazz Valentine: In the Mood for Love (MusicMasters) - track 1, "I'm in the Mood for Love"
* 1995: Jimmy Giuffre with Jim Hall - Trio & Quartet (Giants Of Jazz) Italian release
* 1995: various artists - Color and Light: Jazz Sketches of Sondheim (Sony) - track 7, "One More Kiss"; track 10, "What Can You Lose?"
* 1997: Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (RCA Victor) includes all recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall except the Warner Bros. album First Place Again
* 1998: The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall - The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall (Giants Of Jazz) European release
* 1998: The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (Concord) collects songs from Hall's albums on the Concord label
* 2000: Ballad Essentials (Concord) spans 1981-1989; songs from Circles, Jim Hall's Three, All Across the City, First Edition, and Live at Village West
* 2001: Mugonuta/Live in Tokyo (Atlas) includes Live in Tokyo album plus four tracks from Jazz Impressions of Japan
* 2001: Jim Hall and Ron Carter - Telepathy (Concord) reissue of the albums Live At Village West and Telephone
* 2002: Storyteller (Concord) reissue of the albums Circles and All Across the City
* 2002: Downbeat Critic's Choice (Telarc) collects 12 songs from albums Hall recorded between 1995-2001 for Telarc
* 2004: The Unreleased Sessions (Lone Hill Jazz) collects two Buddy Collette albums (Porgy & Bess and At the Cinema!) plus four songs from Tanganyika
* 2005: CTI Best Of Jim Hall (CTI)
* 2006: Hallmarks: The Best of Jim Hall's (Concord Jazz) includes songs from his albums on the Concord and Telarc labels
* 2009: various artists - Douglas on Blue Note (WienerWorld / Douglas) ' track 8, "My Funny Valentine" with Bill Evans
* 2011: The Complete "Jazz Guitar" (Essential Jazz Classics) - contains complete (unedited) versions of songs from the Jazz Guitar album, plus 5 bonus tracks
* 2018: Wonderboy (Nagel-Heyer Records) collect 27 songs

## EPs

* 1958: Jazz Guitar: Jim Hall Trio EP (Pacific Jazz / Vogue) - songs: A1: "Stompin' at the Savoy"; A2: "This is Always"; B1: "Thanks for the Memory"

## Singles

* 1957: "Satin Doll" (The Chico Hamilton Quintet) / "Stella by Starlight" (The Jim Hall Trio) (Pacific Jazz)

## Tribute albums

* 2014: Ron Carter - In Memory of Jim (Sonethin' Else) with Larry Coryell and Peter Bernstein
* 2014: Kim Ji Hoon and Ahn Jae Jin - Locutions: A Tribute to Jim Hall (Audioguy)
* 2014: Satoshi Inoue - Plays Jim Hall (What's New)

## As backing musician
### A–C

With Nat Adderley
* 1960: That's Right! (Riverside)
* 1963: Little Big Horn (album) (Riverside)
With Manny Albam
* 1962: Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!)
With Anamari
* 1964: Anamari (Atlantic)
With Ruby Braff
* 1958: Ruby Braff Goes Girl Crazy (Warner Bros.)
With Buddy Bregman and his Dance Band
* 1959: Swingin' Standards (World Pacific)
With Bob Brookmeyer
* 1957: Traditionalism Revisited (World Pacific)
* 1958: Kansas City Revisited (United Artists)
* 1961:7 x Wilder (Verve)
* 1962: Trombone Jazz Samba (Verve)
* 1958: On the Way to the Sky (Jazzline/Delta Music, released in 2016) with Mel Lewis and the WDR Big Band, from a 1958 radio broadcast
With Paul Bryant
* 1960: Burnin' (Pacific Jazz) reissued in 2010 by Fresh Sound on one CD along with The Blues Message by Paul Bryant and Curtis Amy.
With Gary Burton
* 1963: Something's Coming! (RCA)
* 1992: Six Pack (GRP)
With Bill Charlap
* 2002: Stardust guest appearance on 1 track (Blue Note)
With June Christy
* 1959: Recalls Those Kenton Days (Capitol; reissued on CD in 2001)
With Ornette Coleman
* 1972: Broken Shadows (Columbia, released 1982) also released in 2000 as part of The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia)
With Buddy Collette
* 1956: Tanganyika (Dig)
* 1957: Porgy & Bess (Interlude, released 1959)
* 1959: Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds At the Cinema! (Mercury)

### D–G

With Paul Desmond
* 1959: First Place Again (Warner Bros) also released as East of the Sun in 1981
* 1961: Desmond Blue (RCA Victor) also released as Late Lament with bonus tracks
* 1962: Two of a Mind (RCA Victor) with Gerry Mulligan (Hall only present on two outtakes added to CD reissue)
* 1963: Take Ten (RCA Victor)
* 1964: Glad To Be Unhappy (RCA Victor)
* 1964: Bossa Antigua (RCA Victor)
* 1965: Easy Living (RCA Victor)
With Eric Dolphy and John Lewis
* 1960: Play Kurt Weill (Lone Hill Jazz) released in 2008 - complete Mike Zwerin album of the music of Kurt Weill; tracks 1-7 released in 1965 as Mack The Knife And Other Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill
With Bill Evans
* 1962: Interplay (Riverside)
* 1962: Loose Blues (Milestone, released 1982)
* 1963: Undercurrent (United Artists)
* 1966: Intermodulation (Verve)
With Art Farmer
* 1962: Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury)
* 1963: Interaction (Atlantic)
* 1963: Live at the Half-Note (Atlantic)
* 1964: To Sweden with Love (Atlantic) - released in Sweden as Visa På Annorlunda Vis
* 2008: The Complete Live Recordings (Gambit) - includes Live at the Half-Note plus a previously unofficially-released set recorded live in London on June 27, 1964
With Ella Fitzgerald
* 1960: Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (Verve)
* 1961: Ella in Hollywood (Verve) actually Herb Ellis; initially incorrectly attributed to Jim Hall
With Stan Getz
* 1962: Big Band Bossa Nova (Verve)
* 1966 Stan Getz & Arthur Fiedler at Tanglewood (Verve) also released as A Song After Sundown in 1988
* 1966: Voices (Verve, released 1967)
* 1968: What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve)
With Jimmy Giuffre
* 1957: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Atlantic)
* 1957-58 Hollywood & Newport 1957–1958 (Fresh Sound, released 1992)
* 1958: Trav'lin' Light (Atlantic)
* 1958: The Four Brothers Sound (Atlantic)
* 1958: Western Suite (Atlantic)
* 1959: Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve) with Herb Ellis
* 1959 Seven Pieces (Verve)
* 1959: The Easy Way (Verve)
* 1959: Princess (Fini Jazz) Italian release - recorded at Adriano Theatre, Rome, Italy, June 19, 1959
* 1960: The Jimmy Giuffre Quartet in Person (Verve)
* 2006: Complete Studio Recordings (Gambit Spain)

### H–M

With Bobby Hackett
* 1955: From the Jazz Vault (From the Jazz Vault, released 1979)
With Chico Hamilton
* 1955: Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (Pacific Jazz)
* 1955: The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet (World Pacific, released 1960)
* 1955: Live at the Strollers (Fresh Sound) released 2008
* 1956: Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi (Pacific Jazz)
* 1956: Chico Hamilton Trio (Pacific Jazz)
* 1957: Delightfully Modern (Jazztone) with the Laurindo Almeida Quartet
* 1959: Ellington Suite (World Pacific)
With Herbie Hancock
* 1967: Blow-Up (MGM)
With Ken Hanna and His Orchestra
* 1955: Jazz for Dancers (Capitol)
With Johnny Hartman
* 1964: I Just Dropped By to Say Hello (Impulse)
With Hampton Hawes
* 1956: All Night Session! Vol. 1 (Contemporary, released 1958)
* 1956: All Night Session! Vol. 2 (Contemporary, released 1958)
* 1956: All Night Session! Vol. 3 (Contemporary, released 1958)
With Lurlean Hunter
* 1960: Blue & Sentimental (Atlantic)
With Pete Jolly
* 1962: The Sensational Pete Jolly Gasses Everybody (Charlie Parker)
With Quincy Jones
* 1962: Big Band Bossa Nova (Mercury)
* 1963: Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (Mercury)
* 1964: Golden Boy (Mercury)
* 1965: Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury)
* 1971: Smackwater Jack (A&M)
With Roger Kellaway
* 1963: A Portrait of Roger Kellaway (Regina/Fresh Sound)
With Lee Konitz
* 1959: You and Lee (Verve)
* 1967: The Lee Konitz Duets (Milestone Records)
With the Kronos Quartet
* 1986: Music of Bill Evans (Savoy)
With Rolf Kühn
* 1960: Rolf Kühn And His Sound Of Jazz (Urania Records)
With John Lewis
* 1956: Grand Encounter (Pacific Jazz)
* 1957: The John Lewis Piano (Atlantic)
* 1959: Odds Against Tomorrow (film soundtrack, United Artists)
* 1960: The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic)
* 1962: Essence (Atlantic)

### M–P

With Charlie Mariano
* 1963: A Jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano (Regina Records)
With Gary McFarland
* 1962: The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve)
* 1963: The Gary McFarland Orchestra (Verve)
With Marian McPartland
* 2005: 85 Candles: Live in New York (Concord)
With Helen Merrill
* 1965: Deep in a Dream (Milestone) with Dick Katz - reissued in 1967 as The Feeling is Mutual
* 1968: A Shade of Difference (Milestone) with Dick Katz
* 1978: Something Special (Inner City)
"With "Big" Miller"
* 1961: Revelations and the Blues (Columbia Records)
With the Modest Jazz Trio
* 1960: Good Friday Blues (Disques Vogue)
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
* 1960: Third Stream Music (Atlantic) with the Jimmy Giuffre Three* and the Beaux Arts String Quartet
With Jack Montrose
* 1956: Blues and Vanilla (RCA Victor)
* 1957: The Horn's Full (RCA Victor)
With James Moody
* 1963: Great Day (Argo)
With Gerry Mulligan
* 1963: The Concert Jazz Band - Gerry Mulligan '63 (Verve)
* 1963: Night Lights (Philips)
* 1964: Butterfly with Hiccups (Limelight)
With Mark Murphy
* 1962: That's How I Love the Blues! (Riverside)
With Oliver Nelson
* 1963: Full Nelson (Verve)

#### With Anita O'Day

* Cool Heat (Verve, 1959)
With Orchestra U.S.A. Musical Director, John Lewis
* 1963: Debut (Colpix)
With Greg Osby
* 2000: The Invisible Hand (Blue Note)
With Freda Payne
* 1964: After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! (Impulse!)
With Itzhak Perlman and André Previn
* 1980: A Different Kind of Blues (Angel)
* 1981: It's a Breeze (Angel)

### R–Z

With Sonny Rollins
* 1962: The Bridge (RCA Victor)
* 1962: What's New? (RCA Victor)
* 1964: The Standard Sonny Rollins (RCA Victor)
* 2010: Road Shows Vol. 2 guest appearance on 1 track (EmArcy, released 2011)
With Shorty Rogers, Gary McFarland, Xavier Cugat
* 1993: Brazil (Saludos Amigos)
With Annie Ross
* 1959: Gypsy (World Pacific) with Buddy Bregman & His Orchestra
* 1959: A Gasser! (Capitol Records) with Zoot Sims
With Lalo Schifrin
* 1962: Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova (MGM)
With Zoot Sims
* 1959: Choice (World Pacific Records)
* 1962: New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 1 (Colpix)
* 1962: New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2 (Colpix)
With Sonny Stitt
* 1964 Stitt Plays Bird (Atlantic)
With Carol Sloane
* 1962: Out of the Blue (Columbia, 1962)
With Bill Smith
* 1959: Folk Jazz (Contemporary)
With Billy Taylor
* 1962: Impromptu (Mercury)
With Big Joe Turner
* 1960: Big Joe Rides Again (Atlantic Records)
With Vi Velasco and Zoot Sims
* 1962: Cantando Bossa Nova Means Singing The Bossa Nova (Colpix Records)
With Ben Webster
* 1960: Ben Webster at the Renaissance (Contemporary)

## Music videos

* 1995: Legends Of Jazz Guitar Vol.3 VHS (Vestapol) Jim Hall, Tal Farlow et al. - reissued on DVD in 2002
* 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 1: Jazz Basics / the Principles of Improvisation VHS (Alfred Music) also released in 2000 by Hal Leonard
* 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 2: Advanced Concepts / Self Expression VHS (Alfred Music)
* 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 3: Playing With a Group / Interaction VHS (Alfred Music)
* 1998: Jim Hall: A Life in Progress DVD (Rhapsody) produced by Bruce Ricker
* 2000: Jim Hall: Star Licks (Hal Leonard) ISBN 0793524415
* 2001: Jazz Casual: Art Farmer & Jim Hall VHS (Rhino) from January 1964 Ralph J. Gleason “Jazz Casual” TV appearance - reissued on DVD in 2003 by Idem with Gerry Mulligan Quartet video
* 2006: Jim Hall: Instructional DVD for Guitar DVD Hal Leonard ISBN 1423403304
* 2008: Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall: The Bridge DVD (Salt Peanuts) includes Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall (San Francisco 1962) and Jim Hall with Art Farmer (San Francisco 1964)
* 2009 (1973 & 1980): Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, and Attila Zoller - Guitar Masters: Live in Germany 1973 & 1980 DVD (As Is) released 2009

## Music books

* 1990: Jim Hall - Exploring Jazz Guitar (Hal Leonard) ISBN 978-0793503926
* 1994: Jim Hall: Jazz Guitar Environments (Hal Leonard) ISBN 978-0793524396 transcriptions taken from Star Licks video
* 2005: The Best of Jim Hall (Hal Leonard) ISBN 978-0634080241
* 2006: Adam Perlmutter and Jim Hall - Jim Hall Guitar Signature Licks (Hal Leonard) ISBN 978-0634080258 book and CD combination