Darryl Hall

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Darryl Hall (born November 10, 1963 in Philadelphia ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass ) living in France .

Live and act

As an instrumentalist, Hall is largely self-taught . During his business studies he played in 1981 at Rowan University in the Jim Miller Big Band, with which the first recordings were made ( A Brief History of Miller Time ). From the early 1980s he worked in Pennsylvania a. a. with Monnette Sudler , Denis DiBlasio , Suzanne Cloud and Kayle Brecher before moving to New York City in the late 1990s. There he completed a master's degree in composition at the Manhattan School of Music until 2001 . He also played in the bands of Jim Ridl , George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra, Jimmy Greene , Sarah Jane Cion , Jim Nolet , Teodross Avery , Carla Cook , Mark Gross , Regina Carter , LaVerne Butler , Takana Miyamoto , Ravi Coltrane , Lafayette Harris , Stefon Harris and Mark Murphy . In early 2000, Hall recorded his debut album Subtle Touch (Encounter) in Brooklyn, starring Sam Newsome , Jim Ridl, Meg Okura (violin) and Steve Hass (drums).

Hall moved to Paris in 2004 and has since worked a. a. with Baptiste Trotignon , Franck Amsallem ( A Week in Paris: A Tribute to Strayhorn , 2005), Tineke Postma , Elisabeth Kontomanou , Christian Escoudé , Laïka Fatien , Rosario Giuliani , Denise King / Olivier Hutman , Florin Niculescu , Antonio Faraò and Laurent de Wilde . He is also a member of the New York Allstars around Bernd Reiter . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 74 recording sessions between 1981 and 2017, most recently with Baptiste Herbin . In 1996 he won the Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition .

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  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 15, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Darryl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia