Jim Hall & Don Thompson (Jim Hall Duo) - July 16, 1977 (2 Sets)
"Blues Alley", Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (ECM-16 Master)

Jim Hall - guitar
Don Thompson - Stand-Up Bass, Piano


Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
Lineage: Maxell UD master cassettes > Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg/vg+ (please read description below)
Length: 94:27 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.


Set List:

Disc One (39:37 m)(First Set)(9:30 PM):
01. Fly Me To The Moon
02. Valse Hot
03. ?????
04. ?????
05. ????? (a jazz standard I should know)

Disc Two (54:50 m)(Second Set)(11 PM):
01. ?????
02. ?????
03. Something Tells Me
04. One Morning In May
05. Body And Soul (cut)(Tape flip)
06. Body And Soul (Part Two)


Taper's Comments:

1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!


2 - Show description & comments follow:

This was the only time I ever went to the legendary "Blues Alley", and I likely never
would have gone if it wasn't for my friend, Paul, who was a jazz musician. After
making him endure a RUSH/MAX WEBSTER concert with ear crushing volume, this
one was just the opposite. Very, very quiet, and that's where some of you might
have issues. "Blues Alley" is a dinner club, so during the performance you can hear
the tinkling of dishes, the pouring of drinks, etc. There's VERY little people talking
during these performances. Paul had brought along all of his jazz buddies, so there's
occasionally some enthusiastic applause after various solos. The performances are
damn good, so if you can take some background noises, you'll enjoy it.

If anybody knows the titles of the unknown songs, please post that in the comments
section for everybody's benefit.

bpthree


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