''These Rooms'' is an album by guitarist
Jim Hall recorded in 1988 and released on the Japanese
Denon
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label.
Jim Hall: album details
accessed November 7, 2019
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars, with the review by Ken Dryden stating, "This 1988 studio date is one of the overlooked treasures in the considerable discography of Jim Hall ... a delight from start to finish".
Track listing
All compositions by Jim Hall except where noted
# " With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers wa ...
, Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon"; " The Lady Is a Tramp"; "Manhattan"; " Bewitched, Bo ...
) – 8:22
# "Cross Court" – 5:11
# "Something Tells Me" – 5:10
# "Bimini" – 9:19
# "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
, Carl Sigman
Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter.
Early life
Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice ...
) – 4:00
# "These Rooms" – 11:25
# "Darn That Dream
"Darn That Dream" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. It was published in 1939 and ranked No. 1 in 1940 when a recording was released by Benny Goodman in an arrangement by Eddie Sauter with Mildred Bailey ...
" (Jimmy Van Heusen
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, Eddie DeLange
Eddie DeLange (''né'' Edgar DeLange Moss; 15 January 1904 – 15 July 1949) was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duk ...
) – 4:03
# "My Funny Valentine
"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart coming of age musical ''Babes in Arms'' in which it was introduced by teenaged star Mitzi Green. The song became a popular jazz standard, appearing on over 1300 albums performed ...
" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:22
# "Where or When
"Where or When" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical ''Babes in Arms''. It was first performed by Ray Heatherton and Mitzi Green. That same year, Hal Kemp recorded a popular version. The song also appeared in the film version ...
" (Rodgers, Hart) – 5:49
# "From Now On" (Tom Harrell) – 7:04
Personnel
* Jim Hall – guitar
*Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
– trumpet, flugelhorn
*Steve LaSpina
Steven Frank LaSpina (born March 24, 1954) is an American jazz bassist who plays both upright and electric bass.
Life and career
Steve LaSpina was born in Wichita Falls, Texas; his father and grandfather both played in dance bands. He attended th ...
– bass
*Joey Baron
Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American drummer best-known for working in avant-garde jazz with Bill Frisell and John Zorn.
Music career
Baron, who is of Jewish heritage, was born on June 26, 1955, in Ric ...
– drums
References
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1988 albums
Jim Hall (musician) albums
Denon Records albums