On the Record: Two Jim Hall Takes, Same Tune

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How a pair of versions of “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” with the Paul Desmond Quartet reveal the jazz great’s endless inventiveness.

Not long ago, a friend wrote to tell me he’d picked up Jim Hall: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of a Jazz Guitar Genius, a work-for-hire book for which I transcribed about a dozen Hall recordings, mostly standards.

I’d completely forgotten about the project and was curious to look through the collection. But if I ever owned a copy,…

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