It's Nice to Be With You (Jim Hall album)

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It's Nice to Be With You
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Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedJune 27 & 28, 1969
StudioTeldec Studio Berlin, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length37:17
Label MPS
MSP 9037
Producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Jim Hall chronology
Intermodulation
(1966)
It's Nice to Be With You
(1969)
Where Would I Be?
(1971)

It's Nice to Be With You (subtitled Jim Hall in Berlin) is an album by guitarist Jim Hall which was recorded in 1969 during a European tour and released on the MPS label. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states "this collectible release is well worth acquiring". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jim Hall except where noted.

  1. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) - 4:57
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:28
  3. "Young One for Debra" - 4:26
  4. "Blue Joe" - 4:45
  5. "It's Nice to Be with You" (Jane Herbert) - 4:43
  6. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington) - 5:50
  7. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 6:21
  8. "Romaine" - 2:58

Personnel

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References

  1. MPS Records album entry, accessed November 17, 2016
  2. Jim Hall discography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , accessed November 17, 2016
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. It's Nice to Be With You – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 17, 2016.