Jim Hall was born on December 4, 1930 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is known for A Perfect Murder (1998), Malcolm & Marie (2021) and Downsizing (2017). He was married to Jane. He died on December 10, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Recipient of a Jazz Masters Award from the USA's National Endowment for
the Arts in 2004.
He is known for his duo and small-group recordings with some of the biggest names in jazz from the 1950s onward, including saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, and Ornette Coleman, and pianist Bill Evans.
Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Settled on the West Coast in the mid-1950's, becoming a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet and, subsequently, the Jimmy Giuffre Trio..