Jim Hall & Pat Metheny by Jim Hall

Personnel: Jim Hall (electric guitar); Pat Metheny (acoustic, electric, fretless classical & 12-string guitars). Producers: Gil Goldstein, Steve Rodby, Pat Metheny. Recorded at Right Track Studios, New York, New York on July 30 & 31, 1998 and live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 1 & 2, 1998. Jim Hall was one of the pioneers in post-bop jazz guitar, moving the tradition far beyond the approach of people like Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, into a more complexly textured, almost impressionistic approach. He influenced the way the next generation of jazz guitarists, like Bill Frisell and others, approached the instrument. One of those who felt Hall's influence is fusion star Pat Metheny, who took the elder guitarist's advances and built on them. This recording is a summit meeting between these two jazz guitar innovators. Pared down to the essentials, it's just Metheny and Hall, supporting and reacting to one another with grace and personality. The tunes are mostly orig...