Influences
Jim Hall’s major influences since childhood are tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson. He has copied out solos by guitarists Charlie Christian and Barney Kessel, but it is the horn players that he truly imitates with his rounded tone and use of silence and space. Hall changed the way jazz guitar sounded, with his innovation, composition, and improvisation. He has influenced current artists such as Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrick, John Scofield, and John Abercrombie.
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