Tune:Romaine C o m p o s eJ r :i m H a l l startsat 0'59";ends at 2'25" Transcription: half note= 112 Tempo: lt's NiceTo Be WithYou Fromthe album: Jim

HallIn Berlin: of the session: Jim Hall Leader Berlin, Germany 1969;TeldecStudios, Recorded: June 27128, CD: MPS843 035-2 to his it was my first exposure because This is my favorite Jim Hall album,perhaps playing. Hall performs in a trio setting with bassist JimmyWoodeand drummer Berendt stateHall playswith Joachim DanielHumair. As the linernotesby producer " . . . c l a r i t yp , u r i t y ,s e n s i b i l i t y t, a s t e " ;t r u e r w o r d s w e r e n e v e r w r i t t e n . "Romaine" as a ballad. tunes,and it is oftenplayed is one of Hall'smostrecognizable "Romaine" with a 212sambafeel. This solo clearly Hall plays But in this recording, his frequent motifsto builda solo. Observe Hall'suse of smallmelodic illustrates by an eighthnote. See how the notefollowed of a dottedquarter employment 17 - 20. in measures ideasin measures 1 - 4 are echoed melodic glissandos to obtainhis unique"pick-less" employed to the numerous Listenclosely to makehis guitarlinessoundlike tenor timbre. Hall once told me that he strived is bar 12, beat4, wherehe slideshis left hand Ben Webster.An example saxophonist fingerfor each note. of usinga separate fingerfrom B to C to C# instead as Hall dronesopenstrings 77 - 80 are interesting Measures 37 - 40, and measures e s u s e df o r h i s l i n e o n o t h e rs t r i n g s .T h i s s a m et e c h n i q u i w h i l ep l a y i n g a melodic "Up, soloon Up, and Away"fromthe samealbum. of two usedchordvoicing. Constructed 45, beat 1 is Hall'smostfrequently Measure in this case,it servesmany purposes; and a majorthird on top, this voicing fourths voicing can be on the bassnote,this versatile as a Dm11chord. Depending serves is another 44, beat4, (A13-9) Eb6/9+11, or G9sus4. Measure heardas Bbmaj13, favoritechord voicingof Hall. the document cannotprecisely the writtennotation Like all jazz transcriptions, of Jim Hall'ssolo. Be certainto listento the and melodic subtleties many rhythmic this transcription. when studying recording (revised 2005) January Transcribed by Michael Pettersen

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he is on lllinois. in Evanston, Currently Michael Pettersen is a jazz guitarist residing the Arts Center area,including the playing rosterof five big bandsin the Chicago and Chicago Jazz Ensemble Jazz Orchestra.He has a BA in Musicfrom the University guitarand banjoin the U of I Jazz Band, wherehe played of lllinois at Urbana by John Garvey, from 1970to 1975. directed that honorsBasie website Michael is the co-founder and editorof an educational g u i t a r i s tF r e d d i eG r e e n : h t t p : / / w w w . f r e d d i e g r e e n . o r g the album"lt's to Jim Hall was in 1970when he purchased Michael's first exposure fan. ln 1972and in he became an instant Niceto Be WithYou:Jim HallIn Berlin"; the Urbana to playconcerts with the U of I Jazz Band. 1973, Jim Hallvisited campus get to meetand hear Hall,he also received two guitarlessons Not only did Michael all aspects of his playing. from Jim that quicklyimproved "Jim Hall"guitaras a wife,Jamie,presented him with a Sadowsky ln 2004,Michael's gift. With his new guitar,Michael now is able to play wedding fifteenth anniversary jazz solosequalto any solo of Jim Hall....as the solo so that long as Jim first creates Michaelcan transcribe it! jazz. Thankyou, Jim Hall,for manyyearsof inspiration and superb

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droneopen G with melodyon 4th string

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