Live at Village West
Live album by
Ron Carter and Jim Hall
Released1984
RecordedNovember 1982
VenueConcord Pavilion, Concord, CA
GenreJazz
Length43:43
LabelConcord Jazz
CJ-245
ProducerRetrac Productions and Jim Hall
Ron Carter chronology
Etudes
(1982) 		Live at Village West
(1984) 		Telephone
(1984)
Jim Hall chronology
Studio Trieste
(1982) 		Live at Village West
(1982) 		Telephone
(1984)

Live at Village West is a live album by bassist Ron Carter and guitarist Jim Hall recorded in New York City in 1982 and released on the Concord Jazz label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden said "The second live collaboration between bassist Ron Carter and guitarist Jim Hall follows their first recording together by a decade, but their chemistry together is every bit as strong, if not improved ... Highly recommended".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Bag's Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 4:11
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:38
  3. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:07
  4. "New Waltz" (Ron Carter) – 6:01
  5. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:27
  6. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:37
  7. "Laverne Walk" (Oscar Pettiford) – 5:13
  8. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (Robert Wright, George Forrest) – 5:02

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Ron Carter catalog accessed November 2, 2017
  2. ^ A Jim Hall Discography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 2, 2017
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, Michael. Ron Carter: Live at Village West – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
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