OCTOBER 2003

Jim Hall: Live
Without a doubt, one of the greatest jazz guitar records of all time. If you don't own this, get it NOW... it's incredible.

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Recorded in June 1975, at Bourbon Street in Toronto, Canada, Live features Jim's classic guitar trio with Canadians Don Thompson (bass) and Terry Clarke (drums).

SOLO TRANSCRIPTION
Jim's solo on The Way You Look Tonight

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This is a transcription of Jim Hall's solo (from Jim Hall Live) and a somewhat modified version of Don Thompson's bass line on "The Way You Look Tonight." The time, originally in common (4/4) time, is done as an uncommonly quick waltz (3/4), with the changes going by one per measure, as opposed to two per measure in the original. Guitar and bass sound an octave lower than written; x indicates a deadened or muffled string. Notice the varied use of rhythm and across the bar phrasing (e.g. measures 39-40), and don't miss the references to "Younger Than Springtime" (measures 33-36) and "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine" (measures 41-47).

* Solo transcribed by Paul Thomas
* Images scanned from the record's original liner notes


RARE JIM HALL MP3s:
Recorded live October 28, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan
w/Don Thompson and Terry Clarke
Billie's Bounce
St. Thomas