When Jim Hall left the Jimmy Giuffre Trio in 1958, he was a new guitarist. Jim's period with Giuffre helped him develop a new way to slur notes on the instrument's neck rather than relying solely on the pick. This blending technique would come in handy on the monumental albums he would record in the years that followed.
Between 1959 and 1965, Jim recorde…
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