He CAN Play Fast Solos (And They Are Amazing!)

[@mikea75201]

Jim Hall is the reason I wanted to play jazz guitar in the first place. I heard something from his first album and was completely captivated.

[@JensLarsen]

That's great! That album is indeed amazing!

[@stefanobonoli8783]

Bill Frisell is the new Jim Hall! You put my two heroes in one sentence. Thanks Jens. ❤

[@JensLarsen]

😁🙏

[@houstongalloway6380]

I saw Jim Hall when I went to a Joe Pass concert in Atlanta circa 1982. I was unaware of Jim Hall but fell in love with him during his set. He made a great warm up for Joe Pass.

[@RC32Smiths01]

There's always something new to learn for every musician. So much history and inspiration to go off of! Cheers

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Ron!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@JensLarsen Thanks!

[@sydrose13]

He was a beautiful player. My teacher studied with him. Good lesson to learn to play simply but with intention and purpose to every note

[@christuxford4462]

Jim was a legendary musician and very kind to those who sought his teaching. I believe the Canadian government used to fund a chosen young music scholar to learn from him in New York each year.

[@JensLarsen]

Nice! Didn't know that 🙂

[@marciamakesmusic]

My teacher had a friend who took a lesson with him, and he said he showed up to Jim's house and they ate sandwiches lmfao

[@sydrose13]

Yes. I studied with Nathan Hiltz in Toronto who went to NY to study with Jim

[@bezziano57]

I love Jim Hall.. Love discovering his solo stuff as well as his associations..

[@plantagenant]

Yeah well, I can't play fast but I can play loud so I'm half way to Jim Hall's talent.

[@JensLarsen]

😂👍

[@tonyflorez703]

😂😂😂😂🤟👊

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

😃

[@keithlye2956]

The first Jim Hall album I heard was 'Jim Hall - Live!' and it blew my head off. It is a perfect example of his shifting of phrases across the metre, but also his ability to insert chords seamlessly into his heads and solos (tempo permitting). For playing at fast tempos without strings of eighth notes, the track 'Scrapple From The Apple' is sensational. His timing is always dead accurate.

[@bozakarlin9034]

Always good tips and lessons, thanks Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@davidsummerville351]

Although I was never a big fan ,I paid a lot of attention to what he did and was very influenced by his contribution to jazz guitar. Top 10 most important players. Everyone had utmost respect back in the day. Thanks Jim.

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Another guy who does the same ‘plays uptempo without sounding fast’ schtick is of course Jim’s student, Peter Bernstein. But I tend to think of it more as a horn player thing on the whole, Prez, Getz….

[@markrollinger5366]

Listening to Jim Hall on the Jimmy Giuffre album "Western Suite", even though there is no drummer or bass player, Jim Hall does it all. Very impressive. The tune " Topsy" shows what a total package he is.

[@wrtoomes600]

This topic is excellent.

[@benjaminsayers4300]

I read an interview with Jim Hall where he said that Pat Metheny ran away from home at age 14 to come and see him and jokingly reffered to him as a juvenile delinquent. Maybe that was when he copped that lick. In that same interview he said that when he gave Bill Frissel lessons he taught him about his concepts of melodic development, how you take the melody and transform it through improvisation, in the same way as someone like Beethoven would do in classical composition....but in real time. You have to be so clever to make things sound so simple. When I first left home in my late teens I had a teapot, a borrowed guitar, a radio and vinyl copy of Jim Hall live. Still my favourite guitar album. Such a great player.

[@raydamoiseau]

Theres a lot of beauty in simple but nuanced leitmotiv for sure

[@GOODTARGETBARTZ]

Jim is the 🐐

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you,Jens🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@seanvine39]

Jim’s gift is he used his limitations to his advantage. He did not have great technical facility. Didn’t matter. His creativity was so overwhelming, didn’t matter that he couldn’t play like Kessel, or Ellis.

[@seanvine39]

Also, he played more like a horn player than any other guitar player to this day actually.

[@alexanderpotts8425]

gotta say this newer style of video with your live reactions to solos has been a great choice

[@gaylanbishop1641]

Just found this channel. Your analyses are excellent!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂 Glad you like it

[@bobblues1158]

Love your enthusiasm Jens!!!

[@TiagoLageira]

Wow! Will have to check out this record for sure, thanks so much Jens!

[@NatureCafeOfficial]

This music is very peacefull

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Oh I thought you had found some footage of Jim playing through a Marshall Plexi

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Not exactly 😁 I did come across a Barney Kessel Jim Hall video that I had never seen before a few weeks ago

[@dalesmith4089]

Jens, I've never seen you smile so much!

[@gianfrancopinos3737]

Thanks, thanks, thanks

[@michaelhills6117]

Gave a like before seeing it. ‘Cause they are always likable

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you for the trust, Michael! :)

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Django played some wild odd groupings. Check out Sweet Sue (‘36 recording I think)

[@markjohnson5659]

Thanks for talking about Jim Hall´s approach to the guitar, which is really musical. He is one of the guitarists who inspired a whole generation of players. One of my favorite albums that he made is the Red Mitchell Jim Hall album (artists house). Could you talk about that album sometime? Another player I would like to hear you talk about is the great Danish player Jacob Fischer. I met him when he was playing with Peter Gullin and got a chance play with Jacob one afternoon. He really astounded me. You are doing great work by talking about wonderful music and digging into it. Thanks again.

[@mdspman000]

That was a really good video. There are other Jim Hall recordings on slower tempo songs where you don't think he is playing fast but he throws in what sounds like some pretty fast sweep picking lines. The swing note choices you pointed out also sounded a lot like the type of lines Tal Farlow played.

[@DavidGatto]

Just picked up Jim Hall - Signature Licks - right on point

[@wolfgangdankwarth7312]

I love the video and I like Jim Hall. Would love to see more examples from him.

[@petejandrell4512]

Gary Potter is always inspirational

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Thank you !!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@markslist1542]

Great video Jens. Lesson request. "The best method to efficiently memorize scales."

[@harriairaksinen5694]

Jim recorded Crazy Rhythm with Chico Hamilton Quintet around 1956 without any problems. At the time it was the fastest performance I'd heard so far. I was 14.

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Great video! Thanks!

[@diegomaugeri4038]

Great, now I have to buy one more record! Thanks...

[@yusefandersen]

Jens, you have really “caught my attention" indeed. Thanks for interrupting my life! The real stuff you are....

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it! 🙂

[@zu0832]

Check out his playing with the Art Farmer quartet 'Live at the Half Note" smoking!

[@jensbusch5602]

thanks! :)

[@kevindonnelly761]

Sometimes, I call a Major Pentatonic Scale (to the 8ve) the 'My Girl' Pentatonic. It helps me remember its sound.

[@jdcrouhy]

haha male me laugh ;) love this video ! congrats

[@JensLarsen]

🙏😁

[@cbolt4492]

All set 😎

[@JensLarsen]

Great! 👍

[@wocko63]

I got straight on to ebay to buy that cd.

[@matt_greene]

How is this free (I'm in the Patreon, but still)! Such great insight on one of my fave guitarists.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Matthew! 🙂

[@kylealanhobbs]

Great video, as always! I'm curious what your thoughts are on fusion guitarists like John McLaughlin.

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! I made two videos on him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH6rpX-aa55lfNk

[@hienbossa1065]

❤

[@AllSpace]

Lars is the best here for Jazz with out a doubt, very intuitive...🎸🎸

[@christopherjones1649]

I love Jim Hall, he made me realize that you don't have to continuously burn eighth notes in order to play jazz, especially at fast tempos. What is that device that he has on his headstock??

[@deangranros8493]

It is a string damper. Supposed to keep the open strings from ringing or feeding back as I understand it. Herb Ellis often had one on his guitar. I have never seen one in person though.

[@JimStandley]

What kind of strings are you using? Your tone is always so good.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I use sonotone strings. There's a link in the description 🙂

[@diegoolea8196]

Mr P.C. right there

[@harryballs7029]

you can learn so much from Charlie Christian ... for example charlie christian live at minton's ... the beginning of bop on the guitar

[@xoxb2]

I once clicked a Bill Frisell video on here, and the algorithm went bonkers - it showed nothing but Bill Frissll videos for weeks! I lost all my cute animals, health tips and "three things you must never do in Japan". So be careful ...

[@4578a]

I couldn't imagine anyone ever saying Jim hall is faking anything. That's just ridiculous.

[@billmiller9145]

I wanna say Grant Greene does this often in his soloing

[@enricosenno7767]

You mentioned syncopation..do you know the book by the same title? Would you recommend It for guitar players? Cheers

[@JensLarsen]

No, I actually don't know that man books :)

[@ericstrauch3215]

I studied drums using the Reed Syncopation book. Only a small portion of it is devoted to syncopated rhythms. For guitarists, it's a great rhythm only book. Use the rhythm to practice scales, arps, chords. Possible inspiration for melodies and solo ideas.

[@JackTheSkunk]

I enjoy jazz guitar but am not to the exclusion of other types of music. I like Jim Hall but not when he used effects pedals. Other favorites include the 3 George's....Benson, Barnes & Van Eps, Howard Alden, Andres Oberg, Howard Roberts, Johnny Smith and Jimmy Bruno. I value good taste and melodicism over speed for speeds sake.

[@jantonisito]

Which Bill Frisell chord melody arrangement?

[@JensLarsen]

The one that is in the video I link to 🙂

[@jantonisito]

@@JensLarsen Strangely enough it does not display link in frame on my old Smasung tablet.

[@JensLarsen]

@@jantonisito There is a link in the description too, maybe use that?

[@rockstarjazzcat]

I thought the card in the case said, “Make musical sense.” Myth again?

[@JensLarsen]

Never heard that story? 🙂

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Might have come from his instructional video on VHS. Been awhile. Anybody remember? ☺️

[@rockstarjazzcat]

@@JensLarsen Definitely stuck with me!

[@JensLarsen]

Who are your favorite Jazz guitarists? This solo is AMAZING for Jazz Blues: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnOyoYWva8ybgNU

[@Trombonology]

Too many to mention, but most of them go way back. Jens, have you heard Tobias Hoffmann? I recently discovered his work through the Vintage Guitar Oldenburg channel, where he regularly does demos, and was blown away. He shows a strong Frisell influence.

[@JensLarsen]

@@Trombonology I haven't, I'll give him a listen 🙂

[@johnd942]

Your commentaries are ridiculously fast and far too technical. You are no doubt a great 'talker', but certainly no 'teacher'.

[@flatbaroque4049]

Thanks Man!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

man, your are the coolest 😎 heard you’re appearing on aimee nolte channel .. can’t wait 🎚