Product Description
Louis Stewart with Jim Hall – THE DUBLIN CONCERT (CD)
RELEASE DATE: 6th September ’24
Tracks Brief Notes:
1. STELLA BY STARLIGHT (Victor Young) Strong duo performance
2. 2 DEGREES EAST, 3 DEGREES WEST (John Lewis) Stunning solo from Jim
3. BUT BEAUTIFUL (Jimmy Van Heusen) Brilliant opening by Louis
4. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Jerome Kern) * Low tempo solo performance
5. SAINT THOMAS (Sonny Rollins) Calypso tour de force
6. MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Rodgers/Hart) * Strikingly unusual interpretation
7. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN (Irving Berlin) Great duet beginning
8. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (Duke Ellington) * Genius A / B part juggling by Jim
Recorded in Dublin’s Maccabi Hall on 26th December
1982, THE DUBLIN CONCERT captures both musicians
in top form, performing standards with stunning close
interaction and improvisation.
Bill Frisell’s biographer, Philip Watson, wrote the
detailed sleeve notes which also include photographs
and recollections from musicians who attended the gig
to see their local hero and the then leading exponent of
jazz guitar.
