JIM HALL: SUBSEQUENTLY

JIM HALL SUBSEQUENTLY liner notes

Besides being the greatest living jazz guitarist, Jim Hall has been one of the most consistently interesting band leaders in jazz for many years. In particular, his last few quartets have shown a fascinating new focus on ensemble texture and detail, and Jim's most recent compositions continue to reflect and magnify the kind of intense musicality that have long been his trademark. In Larry Goldings, the quartet's newest member, Jim has found one of the most talented young pianists to appear in New York in many years. In addition to being an excellent soloist with a truly great rhythmic feel, it's Larry's comping behind Jim that really pushes him into that elite and small group of "great piano players". Steve La Spina and Terry Clarke have played with Jim for many years (both in trio and quartet formats) and understand and speak Jim's improvisational dialect as their own. The quartet is joined on several cuts by twenty-year-old Danish tenor player Rasmus Lee, and the great Toots Thielemans (recording with Jim for the first time here), making Subsequently a real treat for Jim Hall fans everywhere. --Pat Metheny