Skip to content
EntityQ433054· pop 29· linked from 885 articles

American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013)

Person · Open Library

Works
83

Top works

  • A study of community development
  • OCD Free
  • Most People Believe in God, Can They All Be Wrong?
  • Historic Formula One Canadian Tire Motorsports Park July 2022
  • My Monochromatic World

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1930-12-04
Active to
2013-12-10
avant-garde jazzchamber jazzcool jazzjazzjazz and bluesmodal jazz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
179,753
Total plays
1,518,048

Tags

jazzjazz guitarguitarcontemporary jazzcool jazz

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. <a href="https://www.las

via Last.fm · Jim Hall

Key facts

Born
James Stanley Hall , ( 1930-12-04 ) December 4, 1930, Buffalo, New York , U.S.
Origin
Cleveland, Ohio
Died
December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) (aged 83), New York City, U.S.
Genres
Jazz , cool jazz , post-bop
Occupations
Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument
Guitar
Years active
1955–2013
Labels
CTI , Concord , Telarc , ArtistShare , Pacific Jazz
Website
www .jimhallmusic .com , www .jimhalljazz .com

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Stanley
Family name
Hall
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Buffalo
Place of death
Buffalo
Instrument
guitar
Official website
www.jimhallmusic.com
Image
Guitarist jim hall.jpg
Show 9 more facts
date of death
2013-12-10
Commons category
Jim Hall
date of birth
1930-12-04
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
myocardial infarction
birth name
James Stanley Hall
name in native language
Jim Hall
start of work period
1955-00-00
end of work period
2013-00-00
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~17 min read

Encyclopedic overview

James Stanley Hall (December 4, 1930 – December 10, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jim Hall” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.