Jim Hall: A Life In Progress 

i watch this often - it keeps Jim alive in a special way for me. Jane

Jim Hall dedicated his life to articulating the silences. Now that he and the silence are one and the same, every note left behind takes on a greater spiritual resonance. Thank you for all the inspiration.

As Sonny Rollins said when Jim Hall died, "I don't know anyone who didn't love him." He was a unique talent and a great teacher. RIP, Master.

Outstanding musician and human being. His playing reflects an interest in interaction rather than flashy domination

When I first got into jazz I listened to Jim Hall a lot. I didn't know the standards yet. I couldn't when he was playing the head and soloing. That is the greatest lesson I learned from Jim Hall. Improvisation is writing a melody, not showing off speed.

Jim was and is a national treasure, all praise to all involved in making this great document.

What a pleasant way to spend 59 minutes. My dad had an original Pacific Jazz LP of Chico Hamilton Spectacular! he purchased in the late 50s. Still love it. His playing with Sonny Rollins was terrific, but then everything he did was good. Jim Hall is someone many more people should know about. May sound pessimistic, but I fear that the supply of people and artists like him are rapidly diminishing. 83 years ain't bad, but it's bittersweet when people like Jim Hall pass away, at any age.

Jim Hall is the epitome of musicality. Turns out that sometimes that also goes along with being a great human being.

Rest In Peace, James Stanley Hall, 4 December 1930 ~ 10 December 2013.

Wonderful man, beautiful musician. Such a nice gentleman too. Maybe the warmth and compassion of his musical expression was just an extension of his personality. Such an empathetic accompanist and tasteful player.

Most guitarist extend their art with speed and density, Jim Hall's velocity lies in the absence between notes, this takes courage - courage to achieve beauty with emptiness and a measured, well considered pace. This pace created deep abstraction and true freedom without "scrambling the egg."

Thank you for posting this great piece on my very favorite jazz guitarist. What a treat.

My goodness, this was a pleasure to watch! Mr. Hall, has become something important to me and this really connected. The creation of music is such a fascinating thing to behold.

RIP Jim. Your gorgeous music will be with us forever. You and Paul and a whole lot of other jazz greats are jamming away in the great beyond!

God bless Mr. Hall's soul, and that wonderful tone he coaxed out of his D'Aquisto Avant-Garde acoustic. Lush,beautiful tones. Thanks for sharing.

My All-Time Favorite Jazz Guitarist Since I First Heard Him In 1955 In His Debut Recording With The Chico Hamilton Quintet And Ever Since In His Many Collaborations With So Many Other Great Musicians Over The Years. The Jim Hall "Ballad Essentials" Compilation on Concord Records Is A Nice Sampling!

What a great documentary of a great musician.

A Legend of a musician and human being - one of his avid followers -Thanks

RIP Mr Hall, I was first introduced to Jim Hall’s music on Jim Hall and Pat Metheny (big fan) 1999 collaboration, listening his music reminds of growing up as kids in 60s, simpler times. One of the Greats.

This is such an important documentary. Thanks. Heard him play several times in England and he inspired me. I believe he was one of the very few guitarists who was accepted on an equal par by the non guitar players in jazz.

Such an awesome guitarist. Rest In Peace to Jim hall.

What a giant... and a wonderful person (thnx for posting this vid)

Thanks so much for posting this! Every bit of Influence and information from Jim Hall makes this world a better place!! Not only a stellar musician, also an example of the virtues we all admire, like honesty, hard work, humility, and peace with himself. He will live in the human soul forever.

Thank you for posting this Devra. Jim's music accompanied and inspired me for over thirty years. It still does and I dearly miss his gentle artistic presence. Forever my Maestro.

RIP Jim Hall. My hero.

No one ever made a better sound on jazz guitar. No one!

Thank you so much for this post. I listen to Jim every chance I get. I had no idea he had passed. He was the total package. I think my first jazz album was Jim's "Commitment," which I learned about in a Downbeat magazine critic's review. I think they gave it 5 stars. I still have it. RIP MR. Guitar God.

Thanks to Devra for posting this gem. I've loved Jim Hall's music since the 80s.

In Loving Memory! RIP Jim

Lovely to see Jim and Chico reunited. The music of the early CH Quintet was sublime.

RIP Jim :( you will be always in my heart

thanks for such great music R.I.P Jim Hall~~~~

On this momentous occasion of the passing of Mr. Jim Hall, I am left with the following impression: Instead of blowing the listener away with gratuitous technical gimmickery and shopworn cliches, Mr. Hall seemingly invited the listener into his room saying, "Come! Let us discover together the possibilities of melody and harmony in the present moment!" A gigantic musical mind and soul......Eric S. RIP Mr. Hall

jim hall is such an inspiring person!

Thank you.

Goodbye Jim Hall. We'll remember you.

For me Jim Hall did for jazz guitar kind of what Bill Evans did for jazz piano. They share a lot of the same qualities.

Jim Hall um personagem universal do Reino musical...

Very enjoyable, thanks.

Wonderful film! I remember seeing this when it came out. Thank you so much for posting.

Algún alma bondadosa que subtitule esto!!

wundervoll. danke.

one of the players i first heard and hid in my room trying to figure out what the hell he was doing! so was the case of metheny, trane , monk, and miles and all the rest of great musicians. much thanks to all of you- where music is the only focus.

Il più influente dei chitarristi jazz mai esistiti

one of my many guitar idols, my GOD rest his kind soul...

GRAND SOUVENIR Jim Hall à Marciac en 2009

I feel like flugel was the perfect brass to go with Jim

43:33 "when you have jim hall you really don't need a piano" - Art Farmer

Brilliant on Jazz...

Rest in peace Jim 🌷

Great musician !

LESS IS SO MUCH MORE IN THIS MAN'S HANDS!

un monument !!!!!

Great video, thanks for the upload!

Amazing!

🙏🏾🙏🏾

Grazie

Could you please enable the auto-generated captions? They'll be really helpful for non-English speaking audiences.

Wow, he was just 26 when he played with Chico... but he was looking ten years older.

Django homage always good for a guitar player :) Every guitar player

fly in peace

Jim Hall thinks sorta like a painter when improvising. Bill Evans does that too. And Miles of course.

Johnny Smith. Is the father of jazz guitar !?!!!!!!!!!

I love Jim Hall's music, but why do you, devraweb, have a photo of Freddie Green on thei YT listing? How about, maybe, a photo of Jim Hall?

Please someone take the subtitle in this video:(

That's my new name for a synthesiser ,,,,,,a doo dad

i wonder if the rock player was kirk hammet of metallica I know he is a huge thelonious monk fan

At 6:18 there's a Brazilian flag behind him. Does anyone know why? Where is that?

cool.

Anything on Jim that does not mention a word about Ornette s influence on him is incomplete, even misleading. Agree? :))

😀💙💮🌱

Song at 41:09 ?

Looks like Henry Kissinger on cello at 14:15 . Great documentary on the wonderful Mr Hall. Pat Metheney's hair is dreadful throughout.

Does anyone know who's playing which song from 34:45 onwards..?

too sad.

I prefer European musicians. They are much more melodic.

A Great Loss to Music and Humanity.

A life in progress? Not anymore!

Thank you.