These Rooms Explained

These Rooms
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jim Hall
Cover:	These Rooms.jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	February 9 & 10, 1988
Studio:	Sorcerer Sound, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	66:45
Label:	Denon CY-30002
Producer:	Al Evers, Herb Wong
Prev Title:	Jim Hall's Three
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	All Across the City
Next Year:	1989

These Rooms is an album by guitarist Jim Hall recorded in 1988 and released on the Japanese Denon label.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, with the review by Ken Dryden stating, "This 1988 studio date is one of the overlooked treasures in the considerable discography of Jim Hall ... a delight from start to finish".

Track listing

All compositions by Jim Hall except where noted

1. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:22
2. "Cross Court" – 5:11
3. "Something Tells Me" – 5:10
4. "Bimini" – 9:19
5. "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 4:00
6. "These Rooms" – 11:25
7. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 4:03
8. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:22
9. "Where or When" (Rodgers, Hart) – 5:49
10. "From Now On" (Tom Harrell) – 7:04

Personnel

• Jim Hall – guitar
• Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Steve LaSpina – bass
• Joey Baron – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jimhallmusic.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=46 Jim Hall: album details