Jim Hall & Bill Frisell - Hemispheres (2008)

Jim Hall & Bill Frisell
Hemispheres
ArtistShare: AS0079
http://www.artistshare.com/v4/Projects/Experience/7/146
http://www.artistshare.com/v4/Projects/OfferDetails/7/146/1593/1/6
http://www.jimhallmusic.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=925
http://www.jimhalljazz.com/hemispheres/
http://www.billfrisell.com/artists/Frisell/frisell_hall-hemispheres.html


CD 1
:
* Jim Hall : guitar
* Bill Frisell : guitar

Recorded on 8 track analog tape at Tony Scherr's house in Brooklyn, NY,
during 5 recording sessions from July-December 2007.
Mixed by Tony Scherr and Brian Camelio.
http://www.tonyscherr.com/recordings.htm
CD 2
:
* Jim Hall : guitar
* Bill Frisell : guitar
* Scott Colley : bass
* Joey Baron : drums

Recorded at Sear Sound, NYC, on September 9th, 2008.
Engineered by Joe Ferla.
Mixed by Joe Ferla, Brian Camelio, Gene Paul and Jamie Polaski.
http://www.jimhallmusic.com/
http://www.billfrisell.com/
http://www.scottcolley.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Baron
Reviews


By John L Walters
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/27/jim-hall-bill-frisell-hemispheres

Hemispheres, released on the innovative, fan-supported ArtistShare label, is
really two albums. One is a set of diverse duets by the master guitarists; the
other is a swinging quartet set with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Joey
Baron. Hall - who played with Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans, among others, and
helped invent folk-jazz on Jimmy Guiffre's The Train and the River - is
possibly the most influential jazz guitarist of the pre-Hendrix era. Frisell is
the post-rock, post-avant-garde maestro with a penchant for American roots
music (as revealed in the Nonesuch compilation reviewed here last week). The
quartet tracks, recorded at New York's Sear Sound, are full of surprise and
delight, as Hall and Frisell spar good-humouredly on standards such as
Sonnymoon for Two and My Funny Valentine. In duo, they can tackle anything: the
pulsing soundscape of the 15-minute Migration, a funky Bags Groove, and an
eerie take on Dylan's Masters of War.

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By Michael G. Nastos
http://www.allmusic.com/album/hemispheres-mw0000804827

By Eyal Hareuveni
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/hemispheres-jim-hall-artistshare-review-by-eyal-hareuveni.php

By John Kelman
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/hemispheres-jim-hall-artistshare-review-by-john-kelman.php

By Bill Milkowski
http://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/jim-hall-bill-frisell-hemispheres/

By Don Williamson
http://www.jazzreview.com/cd-reviews/various-jazz-styles-cd-reviews/hemispheres-by-jim-hall-bill-frisell.html

Par Michel Contat (fr)
http://www.telerama.fr/musiques/hemispheres,37635.php