Recorded July/August 1998 | Length 73:47 Release date 27 April 1999 | |
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Released August 27, 1999 (1999-08-27) Studio Right Track Studio, New York City 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.
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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
Songs
1Lookin' Up4:34
2All The Things You Are6:59
3The Birds And The Bees5:09