{"title":"Jimmy Giuffre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy Giuffre was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and artist. Born on April 26, 1921 in Dallas, Texas, he became a prominent figure in the jazz scene. With his unique style and innovative approach to music, Giuffre left a lasting impact on the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Giuffre collaborated with various artists including *Lennie Tristano*, *Andrew Hill*, *Lee Konitz*, and many others. His musical talent extended beyond playing instruments as he also composed and arranged music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGiuffre's contributions to jazz were recognized worldwide. He passed away on April 24, 2008 at the age of 86 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Despite his departure from this world, his legacy lives on through his timeless recordings and influential body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"music-for-people-birds-butterflies-mosquitoes-2","title":"Music For People, Birds, Butterflies \u0026 Mosquitoes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a string of two dozen brilliant albums beginning in the 1950's, clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre stopped recording - For nearly ten years he focused solely on live performance -  This album, Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes, marked his return to the studio after his self imposed hiatus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, Giuffre began his career as an arranger for Woody Herman's big band in the late 1940s. Playing primarily saxophone, he became a central figure in the West Coast cool jazz scene of the 1950's, with the Lighthouse All Stars in Hermosa Beach, CA. In the late 50's, he began working within different configurations of the trio format, on what he called \"blues-based folk jazz.\" A prime example being his piece \"The Train and the River\" famously featured in 1958 Newport Jazz Festival concert film, Jazz On A Summer's Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trio here is completed by drums and bass with Giuffre trading seamlessly between tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute and bass flute. The twelve original compositions are very much in Giuffre's signature style. The melody explorations have an eastern vibe, and are played in hushed tones with an almost chamber music like quality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 1973, originally on the Choice label, this album has been remastered and is being presented here as the artist intended, with its original title, track order and album artwork, for the first time since its original release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering. 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Also Includes the trio's 1959 Rome performance (with impeccable sound quality) as bonus tracks for the first time ever on any edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Los Angeles on February 23, 25 \u0026amp; March 2, 1959. 8-11: Recorded live at the Adriano Theatre, Rome, Italy on June 19, 1959\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Jazz Classics","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459182498123,"sku":"1142678","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9abdc302-a56d-415f-9aae-8af332c7fb0c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727218266"},{"product_id":"western-suite","title":"Western Suite","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn late 1957, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and iconoclast Jimmy Giuffre broke up the original Jimmy Giuffre 3 with Ralph Pena and Jim Hall. In early 1958, for a recording session, he formed a new trio without a rhythm section. For the album \u003ci\u003eTrav'lin' Light\u003c\/i\u003e, his new trio included Hall on guitar and the underrated trombone giant Bob Brookmeyer. For a year, they gigged together up and down the West Coast and played summer festivals, recorded, and even played clubs in New York. They became a trio of adventurous musicians for whom form was not an obstacle to creativity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the year wound down, Giuffre wanted to document the trio once more, sensing its life was coming to an end. He composed the four-movement \u003ci\u003eWestern Suite\u003c\/i\u003e with the trio's strengths in mind, as a way of documenting how they had come together as a band during that year. The piece itself stands as a crowning achievement in a career that included discovering the talents of Steve Swallow and Paul Bley and making the truly revolutionary recording \"Free Fall\" for Columbia three years later. The roots of that thinking lie in this set. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Hall's playing was dark, funky, ambiguous, sounding like drums and voices all at the same time -- particularly in the fourth movement. Brookmeyer became the pace setter. His lines were played as stage settings for the other two players to dialogue and narrate against. Giuffre, ever the storyteller, advanced the improvisation angle and wrote his score so that each player had to stand on his own as part of the group; there were no comfort zones. Without a rhythm section, notions of interval, extensions, interludes, and so on were out the window. He himself played some of his most restrained yet adventurous solos in the confines of this trio and within the form of this suite. 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