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Born in Dallas Texas in 1921 Jimmy Giuffre started his career arranging for Woody Herman's big band. His main instrument was the clarinet but he also played the flute, tenor and alto saxophone. Acknowledged as one of the leaders in the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 1950's AVID Jazz here presents four classic Jimmy Giuffre albums on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
`Jimmy Giuffre'; `Tangents In Jazz'; `The Jimmy Giuffre Three' and `Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn' display Giuffre's style which moved from what he called `blues based folk jazz' to a more intimate and rhythm less form of free jazz dubbed `chamber jazz'. A style that would be taken up later and with incredible success by the German based ECM label. In fact Giuffre would later record for them with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow.
As tribute to Giuffre who died two days short of his 87th birthday on April 24th 2008. AVID are proud to add his name to their growing AVID Jazz catalogue.
All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
`Jimmy Giuffre'; `Tangents In Jazz'; `The Jimmy Giuffre Three' and `Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn' display Giuffre's style which moved from what he called `blues based folk jazz' to a more intimate and rhythm less form of free jazz dubbed `chamber jazz'. A style that would be taken up later and with incredible success by the German based ECM label. In fact Giuffre would later record for them with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow.
As tribute to Giuffre who died two days short of his 87th birthday on April 24th 2008. AVID are proud to add his name to their growing AVID Jazz catalogue.
All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
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CD-1:1-Four Brothers 2-Someone To Watch Over Me 3-Sultana 4-A Ring-Tail Monkey 5-Nutty Pine 6-Wrought Of Iron 7-Do It! 8-All For You 9-Iranic 10-I Only Have Eyes For You 11-Scintilla I 12-Finger Snapper 13-Lazy Tones 14-Scintilla II 15-Chirpin' Time 16-This Is My Beloved 17-The Leprechaun 18-Scintilla III 19-Bonus Tracks: 20-The Train And The River 21-Blues CD-2:1-Gotta Dance 2-Two Kinds Of Blues 3-The Song Is You 4-Crazy She Calls Me 5-Voodoo 6-My All 7-That's The Way It Is 8-Crawdad Suite 9-The Train And The River 10-Blues In E-Flat 11-In A Mellotone 12-The Quiet Time 13-Body And Soul
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is perplexing how under-rated Jimmy Giuffre is. He played in similar settings, at times, to that other great baritone sax player Gerry Mulligan, although Giuffre also played clarinet and tenor sax.
He used a number of settings but only occasionally with piano. His range went from, what ultra conservative jazz pundits like Wynton Marsalis call, real blues based jazz to more loose, less rhythmic free chamber jazz, of which Giuffre was a pioneer. This latter style of jazz became the staple of the German based, highly influential and successful ECM record label. Giuffre later recorded for that label with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow with whom he previously recorded his classic Free Fall album for Columbia.
There are many gems here that are worth checking out and I will not go through them here, I love The Train and the River from The Jimmy Giuffre 3 album although I have to say that the live version on the Jazz on a Summer's Day soundtrack album has a slight edge on the original.
This package is a fine tribute to a man who was a true great of jazz and I have no hesitation in recommending it.
He used a number of settings but only occasionally with piano. His range went from, what ultra conservative jazz pundits like Wynton Marsalis call, real blues based jazz to more loose, less rhythmic free chamber jazz, of which Giuffre was a pioneer. This latter style of jazz became the staple of the German based, highly influential and successful ECM record label. Giuffre later recorded for that label with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow with whom he previously recorded his classic Free Fall album for Columbia.
There are many gems here that are worth checking out and I will not go through them here, I love The Train and the River from The Jimmy Giuffre 3 album although I have to say that the live version on the Jazz on a Summer's Day soundtrack album has a slight edge on the original.
This package is a fine tribute to a man who was a true great of jazz and I have no hesitation in recommending it.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is hard to believe that such fresh sounding jazz is in fact 55 years old. Amongst the many beautiful sounds on all 35 tracks on the two albums in this set I liked the interplay between a cool Jimmy Giuffre and an erratic but inspired Pee Wee Russell on "Blues in E Flat". As all the best reviewers say "Thoroughly Recommeded".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The music on this double CD is for the most part excellent. Relaxed , cool and considered this kind of jazz was made for summer days or late evenings.Either way the tunes and sensitive musicianship make this the reason for owning this two disc set.
However, I have to query the remastering job or the source of the original material. This is because the sound is somewhat muffled and lacking in dynamic range. These are budget releases and for many people they are an ideal way of getting hard to find music without breaking the bank.So, if that description fits you then fine. For playing on a reasonable hi-fi the limitations of the remastering becomes readily apparent and spoils what would be a great opportunity to listen to some middle /top drawer jazz. I'm a tad peeved as Avid suggest that the remastering is 'probably the finest ever sound quality'. The use of the modifier 'probably' is well advised, as I can assure anyone who cares to listen that the sound quality might be o.k for a standard car system but otherwise struggles to get beyond bootleg quality.So if reasonable sound reproduction is important to you,think twice before engaging the shopping basket function in the direction of this set.
I hope this advice is useful.
Jimmy Giuffre: Four Classic Albums Plus (Jimmy Giuffre / Tangents In Jazz / The Jimmy Giuffre 3 / Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn)
However, I have to query the remastering job or the source of the original material. This is because the sound is somewhat muffled and lacking in dynamic range. These are budget releases and for many people they are an ideal way of getting hard to find music without breaking the bank.So, if that description fits you then fine. For playing on a reasonable hi-fi the limitations of the remastering becomes readily apparent and spoils what would be a great opportunity to listen to some middle /top drawer jazz. I'm a tad peeved as Avid suggest that the remastering is 'probably the finest ever sound quality'. The use of the modifier 'probably' is well advised, as I can assure anyone who cares to listen that the sound quality might be o.k for a standard car system but otherwise struggles to get beyond bootleg quality.So if reasonable sound reproduction is important to you,think twice before engaging the shopping basket function in the direction of this set.
I hope this advice is useful.
Jimmy Giuffre: Four Classic Albums Plus (Jimmy Giuffre / Tangents In Jazz / The Jimmy Giuffre 3 / Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn)
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Easy listening
Very smooth, very easy on the ear and relaxing while you do your housework or writing or doing something uncomplicated. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dark Horse
Pure enjoyment
Wonderful to hear this much loved album from so many years ago but without all the 'clicks and pops' we endured on vinyl. Superb.
Published 11 months ago by D. Shoulder
Too polite
At under 4 quid this has to be good value and I am happy to have spent that just to get the haunting track "The Train and the River" which I have only heard once since first... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Alf Rendo
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