Rene Hall Sextet

René Hall (26 September 1912 – 11 February 1988), was an American guitarist and music arranger. He was born in Morgan City, Louisiana, and first recorded as a banjo player with Joseph Robichaux in New Orleans in 1933. He then worked around the country as a member of the Ernie Fields Orchestra, before joining Earl Hines as musical arranger. During the 1940s, he built up a considerable reputation as a session musician in New York, and around 1949 he formed his own sextet, which recorded for the Jubilee, Decca and RCA labels.