Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.
Studio albums (as leader/co-leader) 1957: Jazz Guitar (Pacific Jazz, 1957) – reissued in 1964 with overdubbed drums as The Winner! (Fontana). Also reissued in 2014 as disc 2 of the 10-disc collection Jazz Guitar: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 (Documents) 1957: The Street Swingers with Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Raney (World Pacific, 1958) 1958?: A Girl & a Guitar with Lee Schaefer (United Artists, 1958) 1960: Jazz Abstractions with Gunther Schuller (Atlantic, 1961) 1963: Undercurrent with Bill Evans (United Artists, 1962) 1964 Two Jims and Zoot with Jimmy Raney and Zoot Sims (Mainstream) – reissued as Otra Vez (Mainstream, 1972) 1966: Intermodulation with Bill Evans (Verve, 1966) 1969: It's Nice to Be With You (MPS, 1969) 1971: Where Would I Be? (Milestone, 1972) 1975: Concierto (CTI, 1975) 1976: Commitment (A&M/Horizon, 1976) 1978: Big Blues with Art Farmer (CTI, 1979) 1981?: Concierto De Aranjuez with Dave Mathews Orchestra (Electric Bird, 1981) 1981: First Edition with George Shearing (Concord, 1981) 1981: Circles (Concord, 1981) 1982: Studio Trieste with Chet Baker and Hubert Laws (CTI, 1982) 1986: Jim Hall's Three with Steve LaSpina and Akira Tana (Concord, 1986) 1988: These Rooms with Tom Harrell, Joey Baron, and Steve LaSpina (Denon, 1988) 1989: All Across the City with Gil Goldstein, Terry Clarke, and Steve LaSpina (Concord, 1989) 1982–92: Unissued 1982-1992 (Musica Jazz, 1994) 1992?: Subsequently (MusicMasters, 1992) 1992?: Youkali (CTI, 1992) 1993: Something Special with Larry Goldings and Steve LaSpina (Inner City, 1993) 1993: Dedications & Inspirations (Telarc, 1994) 1995: Dialogues (Telarc, 1995) 1996: Textures (Telarc, 1997) 1998: By Arrangement (Telarc, 1998) 1998: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny with Pat Metheny (Telarc, 1999) 2001: Jim Hall & Basses (Telarc, 2001) 2004: Magic Meeting with Scott Colley and Lewis Nash (ArtistShare, 2004) 2004: Duologues with Enrico Pieranunzi (Cam Jazz, 2005) 2005: Free Association with Geoffrey Keezer (ArtistShare, 2006) 2008?: Hemispheres with Bill Frisell, Joey Baron and Scott Colley (ArtistShare, 2008)[2CD] 2010?: Conversations with Joey Baron (ArtistShare, 2010)
Live albums
1972: Alone Together with Ron Carter (Milestone, 1973) 1975: Jim Hall Live! with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke (Horizon, 1975) 1975: Jim Hall Live, Vol. 2–4 with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke (ArtistShare, 2012) 1976: Live in Tokyo (Paddle Wheel, 1980) 1978: Jim Hall/Red Mitchell with Red Mitchell (Artists House, 1978) 1982: Live at Village West with Ron Carter (Concord Jazz, 1984) 1984: Telephone with Ron Carter (Concord Jazz, 1985) 1986: Power of Three with Michel Petrucciani and Wayne Shorter (Blue Note, 1987) 1990: Live at Town Hall, Vols. 1 & 2 (MusicMasters, 1991) – initially released as individual volumes, later released as an omnibus by Jazz Heritage 1996: Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Telarc, 1997) 1998: Jazzpar Quartet + 4 (Storyville, 1998) – at Jazzpar Prize 2000: Grand Slam: Live at the Regatta Bar with Joe Lovano et al. (Telarc, 2000) 2010: Live at Birdland with Joey Baron, Greg Osby, Steve LaSpina (ArtistShare, 2012)
Posthumous releases
Charlie Haden/Jim Hall with Charlie Haden (Impulse!, 2014) – recorded in 1990
Jim Hall Live in London at Ronnie Scott's – 1966 with Jeff Clyne and Allan Ganley (Harkit Digital, 2016) – recorded in 1966 Valse Hot: Live at the Sweet Basil 1978 with Red Mitchell (ArtistShare, 2016) – recorded in 1978