Jim Hall & Pat Metheny | ||||
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Studio album by Jim Hall and Pat Metheny | ||||
Released | April 27, 1999 | |||
Recorded | July–August 1998 | |||
Venue | Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
Studio | Right Track, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:47 | |||
Label | Telarc | |||
Producer | Gil Goldstein, Steve Rodby, Pat Metheny | |||
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Jim Hall & Pat Metheny is an album by jazz guitarists Jim Hall and Pat Metheny that was released by Telarc on April 27, 1999. The album contains eleven studio recording tracks and six live tracks.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
All About Jazz | (favorable) [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Rick Anderson, writing for AllMusic, said that Hall and Metheny "...are such a natural fit that it's amazing no one's thought of getting them together for a duo album before." He said the "...interplay is nothing short of astounding, and the five improvisational pieces...sometimes sound as organized as the standards." He said "...the complete lack of high frequencies in both guitarists' tones might leave you wondering if you've got water in your ear", but that it "really is a wonderful album." [1]
The All About Jazz review said that "what we hear...is certainly an affinity", and that the record is "...worthy of repeated listening". They praised the composition as well, saying that they "assume a deceptive melodic simplicity deepened in profundity by unconventional intervals or modulations that proceed unhurriedly as the sound washes over the listener." [2]
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Jim Hall except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording | Length |
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1. | "Lookin' Up" | Hall | Studio | 4:34 |
2. | "All the Things You Are" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | Live | 6:58 |
3. | "The Birds and the Bees" | Attila Zoller | Live | 5:04 |
4. | "Improvisation, No. 1" | Studio | 1:05 | |
5. | "Falling Grace" | Steve Swallow | Studio | 4:39 |
6. | "Ballad Z" | Metheny | Studio | 4:33 |
7. | "Summertime" | George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward | Live | 5:35 |
8. | "Farmer's Trust" | Metheny, Lyle Mays | Live | 5:29 |
9. | "Cold Spring" | Hall | Live | 6:29 |
10. | "Improvisation, No. 2" | Studio | 1:11 | |
11. | "Into the Dream" | Metheny | Studio | 3:05 |
12. | "Don't Forget" | Metheny | Studio | 4:46 |
13. | "Improvisation, No. 3" | Studio | 3:22 | |
14. | "Waiting to Dance" | Hall | Studio | 4:38 |
15. | "Improvisation, No. 4" | Studio | 2:37 | |
16. | "Improvisation, No. 5" | Studio | 2:08 | |
17. | "All Across the City" | Hall | Live | 7:34 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1999 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 2 [4] |
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