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Jim Hall and Pat Metheny

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Recorded
  
July/August 1998

Artists
  
Pat Metheny, Jim Hall

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
73:47

Release date
  
27 April 1999

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Released
  
August 27, 1999 (1999-08-27)

Venue
  
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Studio
  
Right Track Studio, New York City

Producer
  
Gil Goldstein, Steve Rodby, Pat Metheny

Label
  
Telarc International Corporation

Similar
  
Pat Metheny albums, Jazz albums

Jim Hall & Pat Metheny is an album by jazz guitarists Jim Hall and Pat Metheny. It was released by Telarc on April 27, 1999. The album contains 11 studio recording tracks and 6 live recording tracks.

Contents

Reception

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."

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."

Track listing

Jim Hall is featured on the left channel, Pat Metheny to the right.

Personnel

  • Jim Hall – electric guitar
  • Pat Metheny – electric, acoustic, fretless acoustic, and Pikasso guitar
  • Songs

    1Lookin' Up4:34
    2All The Things You Are6:59
    3The Birds And The Bees5:09

    References

    Jim Hall & Pat Metheny Wikipedia