Al Hall
Alfred Wesley Hall (March 18, 1915 – January 18, 1988) was an American jazz bassist. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 18, 1915 (Jacksonville), Died January 18, 1988 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass, leader
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D6VB-2792 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Epistrophy | 52nd Street Boys ; Kenny Clarke | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D6VB-2795 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Royal roost | 52nd Street Boys ; Kenny Clarke | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0270 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | I want a good man bad | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0271 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | You've been a good ole wagon | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0272 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | I want a man | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0273 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | Lonely woman | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0800 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Take me back to Little Rock (Arkansas) | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0801 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Aggravatin' papa | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0802 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Daddy, daddy blues | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0803 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Outside of that | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0952 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | Jack Armstrong blues | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0953 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | Rockin' chair | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0954 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | Some day | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | D7VB-0955 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | Fifty-fifty blues | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars ; Jack Teagarden | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | 28617 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | I'm all for you | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | 28618 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | I hear music | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | 28619 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | The same old story | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | 28620 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | Practice makes perfect | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| OKeh | 9935 | 10-in. | 11/22/1926 | You broke my heart (But now I'm laughing at you) | Bill Galper ; Al Hall ; Howard Israel ; Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | 9936 | Not documented | 11/22/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | 9937 | Not documented | 11/22/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | 9938 | Not documented | 11/22/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | 9977 | 10-in. | 11/26/1926 | I've lost my dog | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
| OKeh | 9978 | Not documented | 11/26/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | 9979 | Not documented | 11/26/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Howard Israel-Al Hall and Their Peerless Serenaders of Al Tearney's Town Club | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Decca | 65923 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | The stuff 's out | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 65924 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | Railroad blues | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 65925 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | I'm blowin' my top | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 65926 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | Fine piece of meat | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 65927 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | Swing out | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 67101 | 10-in. | 1/24/1940 | Gimme something like that | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 67102 | 10-in. | 1/24/1940 | Hole holy roly - poly | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 67103 | 10-in. | 1/24/1940 | Raz-ma-taz | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 67104 | 10-in. | 1/24/1940 | Harlem ain't what it usta be | Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69157 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | Basement boogie | Pete Johnson | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69158 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | Death ray boogie | Pete Johnson | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69159 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | Just for you | Pete Johnson | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69160 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | Pete's mixture | Pete Johnson | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69557 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | I don't want to set the world on fire | Bon Bon and his Buddies | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69558 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Blow, Gabriel, blow | Bon Bon and his Buddies | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69559 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Sweet Mama, Papa's getting mad | Bon Bon and his Buddies | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 69560 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | All that meat and no potatoes | Bon Bon and his Buddies | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 73264 | 1/3/1946 | He's my baby | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73265 | 1/3/1946 | Alabama bound | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73266 | 1/3/1946 | Soothe me | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73267 | 1/3/1946 | Doggin' man blues | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73590 | 5/23/1946 | I don't know what I'd do without you | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73591 | 5/23/1946 | I'm so lonesome I could cry | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73751 | 12/2/1946 | Now you tell me | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73752 | 12/2/1946 | Louella | Andy Kirk Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73753 | 12/2/1946 | So soon | The Four Knights | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73754 | 12/2/1946 | I'm falling for you | The Four Knights | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81071 | 5/22/1951 | No more cryin' blues | Mabel Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81072 | 5/22/1951 | Boogie woogie choo choo train | Mabel Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81073 | 5/22/1951 | Somebody goofed | Mabel Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81074 | 5/22/1951 | Catch 'em young, treat 'em rough | Mabel Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81109 | 6/1/1951 | Tonight you belong to me | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 81110 | 6/1/1951 | These things I offer you | Tamara Hayes | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Signature | T-1919 | 10-in. | 12/21/1943 | Linger awhile | Dicky Wells Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | T-1920 | 10-in. | 12/21/1943 | Hello babe | Dicky Wells Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | T-19003 | 12-in. | 12/21/1943 | I got rhythm | Dicky Wells Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | T-19004 | 12-in. | 12/21/1943 | I'm fer it too | Dicky Wells Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hall, Al," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204191.
Hall, Al. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204191.
"Hall, Al." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hall, Al, 1915-1988 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93007636
Wikidata: Al Hall - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2623674
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/49412026
MusicBrainz: Al Hall - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/95618f27-ee9a-4519-ba2d-06c367e4a314
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