James Stanley Hall (December 4, 1930 – December 10, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.
Born in Buffalo, New York, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, Hall was from a musical family, his mother played the piano, his grandfather violin, and his uncle guitar. He began playing the guitar at age ten when his mother gave him an instrument as a Christmas present. As a teenager in Cleveland, he performed professionally, and also took up the double bass. Hall's major influences since childhood were tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves and Lucky Thompson. While he copied out solos by guitarist Charlie Christian (and later Barney Kessel), it was horn players from which he took a lead.
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On the radio
Stations that played Jim Hall in the last 30 days
- 27×
Radio Art - Guitar Jazz
Greece · Post-Bop - 14×
Ella Radio - Bass Jazz
Germany · Post-Bop - 11×
goJAZZ
Romania · Cool Jazz - 9×
Musica Jazz Radio
Italy · Hard Bop - 8×
Ella Radio - Mellow Jazz
Germany · Post-Bop - 7×
Musica Jazz Radio
Italy · Hard Bop - 6×
Ella Radio - Cool Jazz
Germany · Hard Bop - 6×
Radio Art - Jazz Ballads
Greece · Post-Bop - 6×
Jazz Vespers (update 2025)
United States · Jazz - 5×
Jazzy Cool
Hungary · Hard Bop - 3×
Radio Pipí Cucú
Uruguay · Rock - 3×
Tirana Jazz Radio
Albania · Jazz
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