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First Edition (George Shearing and Jim Hall album)

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Released
  
1981

Length
  
38:10

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Release date
  
1981

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
September 1981

Label
  
Concord CJ 177

Artists
  
Jim Hall, George Shearing

Producer
  
Carl Jefferson

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First Edition is a 1981 album by the jazz pianist George Shearing and the guitarist Jim Hall.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic describing it as a "tasteful set" and that the music "challenge[d] the pair and their quiet and subtle styles match together well", concluding that it was an "interesting and somewhat unexpected musical collaboration".

Track listing

  1. "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 4:06
  2. "To Antonio Carlos Jobim" (George Shearing) –3:15
  3. "Careful" (Jim Hall) – 5:54
  4. "I See Nothing to Laugh About" (Marvin Fisher) – 5:09
  5. "Without Words" (Hall) – 5:03
  6. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) – 3:41
  7. "To Tommy Flanagan" (Shearing) – 5:10
  8. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer)–5:52

Personnel

  • George Shearing – piano
  • Jim Hall – guitar
    • Production
  • Phil Edwards – engineer, mixing
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Carl Jefferson – producer
  • Dick Hendler – art direction
  • Bruce Burr – cover photo, photography

    • References

    First Edition (George Shearing and Jim Hall album) Wikipedia
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