JIM HALL ON GUITAR: MILESTONES OF A JAZZ LEGEND 1955-1962 (10 CDS)

- 18 Original albums from the years 1955 to 1962 by one of the trailblazers of the Jazz guitar - Feat. Bill Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, John Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, FreddieHubbard, Herb Ellis, Hampton Hawes, Chico Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Bob Brookmeyer,and many more Born in Buffalo, New York, Jim Hall (1930-2013) was one of the most influential and sought after jazz guitarists since the late '50s. Thanks to his stylistic versatility, on any given day in New York he was able to record with Blues veterans in one studio, then at a Bossa Nova session in another one, and explore new sound concepts with uncompromising avant-gardists in the clubs at night. Growing up in a very musical family, he received his first guitar at the age of ten. Three years later he heard Charlie Christian, the “inventor” of the electrical jazz guitar, on a Benny Goodman recording – an epiphany that sparked his love for jazz. Remarkably, his most important role models were the great tenor saxophonists: Col