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Jimmy Giuffre

April 04, 2023

James Peter Giuffre (/ˈdʒuːfri/, Italian pronunciation: [dʒufˈfre]; April 26, 1921[1] – April 24, 2008)[2] was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.

Jimmy Giuffre
Background information
Birth nameJames Peter Giuffre
Born(1921-04-26)April 26, 1921
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedApril 24, 2008(2008-04-24) (aged 86)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Years active1940s–1990s
LabelsCapitol, Atlantic, Verve, Choice, Soul Note, CELP

Biography

Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, Texas, United States,[1] the son of Joseph Francis Giuffre (an Italian immigrant from Termini Imerese, Palermo Province, Sicily)[citation needed] and Everet McDaniel Giuffre. Giuffre was a graduate of Dallas Technical High School and North Texas State Teachers College (University of North Texas College of Music).[1] He first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman's big band, for which he wrote "Four Brothers" (1947).[1] He would continue to write creative, unusual arrangements throughout his career. He was a central figure in West Coast jazz and cool jazz.[3] He became a member of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars in 1951 as a full-time All Star, along with Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne. The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California became the focal point of West Coast jazz in the 1952–53 period. During this time, he collaborated with Rogers on many of the charts written for the All Stars. The first recording released by the Lighthouse All Stars was a not so West Coast jazz chart named "Big Boy", which he and Rogers had put together.[4] It was an instant hit in Los Angeles.[citation needed] He left the band in September 1953 and became a member of Shorty Rogers and His Giants before going solo. At this point in his career, Giuffre predominantly played tenor and baritone saxophone.

His first trio consisted of Giuffre, guitarist Jim Hall[1] and double bassist Ralph Peña (later replaced by Jim Atlas). They had a minor hit in 1957 when Giuffre's "The Train and the River", was featured on the television special The Sound of Jazz. This trio explored what Giuffre dubbed "blues-based folk jazz". This same special matched Giuffre with fellow clarinetist Pee Wee Russell for a leisurely jam session simply titled "Blues".

When Atlas left the trio, Giuffre replaced him with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer.[1] This unusual instrumentation was partly inspired by Aaron Copland. The group can be seen performing "The Train and the River" in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.[1]

In 1959, Giuffre led a trio featuring Hall and bassist Buddy Clark on a concert in Rome, Italy, sharing the bill with Gerry Mulligan's band.

In 1961, Giuffre formed a new trio with pianist Paul Bley and Steve Swallow on double bass, and began to focus his attention largely on the clarinet. This group received little attention while active, but were later cited by some critics and musicians as among the most important groups in jazz history.[5] They explored free jazz not in the aggressive mode of Albert Ayler or Archie Shepp, but with a hushed, quiet focus closer to chamber music.[6] The trio's explorations of melody, harmony and rhythm are still as striking and radical as any in jazz. Thom Jurek has written that this trio's recordings are "one of the most essential documents regarding the other side of early-'60s jazz."[7]

Giuffre, Bley and Swallow eventually explored wholly improvised music, several years ahead of the free improvisation boom in Europe.[1] Jurek writes that Free Fall, their final record, "was such radical music, no one, literally no one, was ready for it and the group disbanded shortly thereafter on a night when they made only 35 cents apiece for a set."[7]

In the early 1970s, Giuffre formed a new trio with bassist Kiyoshi Tokunaga and drummer Randy Kaye. Giuffre added instruments including bass flute and soprano saxophone to his arsenal. A later group included Pete Levin playing synthesizer and replaced Tokunaga with electric bassist Bob Nieske. This group recorded three albums for the Italian Soul Note label.[8]

During the 1970s, Giuffre was hired by New York University to head its jazz ensemble, and to teach private lessons in saxophone and music composition.

Into the 1990s, Giuffre continued teaching and performing. He recorded with Joe McPhee, and revived the trio with Bley and Swallow (though Swallow had switched to bass guitar, giving the group a different sound).[1] Through the mid-1990s, Giuffre taught at the New England Conservatory of Music. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and in his last years he no longer performed. Giuffre died of pneumonia in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on April 24, 2008, two days short of his 87th birthday.[2]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman, arranger and/or composer

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 163/4. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Jimmy Giuffre". The Guardian. 29 April 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Berendt, Joachim E (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. p. 20.
  4. ^ "Lighthouse All Stars Featuring Jimmy Giuffre on Tenor - "Big Boy" (7", Skylark Records)" at Discogs (list of releases)
  5. ^ Lock, Graham (1994). Chasing the Vibration: Meetings with Creative Musicians. Exeter: Stride. pp. 133–134. ISBN 1-873012-81-0.
  6. ^ Berendt, p. 123
  7. ^ a b "Free Fall - Jimmy Giuffre 3 | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Lock, p. 132

External links

  • video interview with Steve Swallow and Carla Bley on recording with Jimmy Giuffre
  • Jazz.com Biographical Entry
  • The Quiet Class of Jimmy Giuffre 2016-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  • Jimmy Giuffre: Cry Freedom by Rex Butters
  • Daily Telegraph obituary
  • New York Times obituary
  • Jazz Portraits from the WGBH Archives: Jimmy Giuffre a radio documentary from
  • Jimmy Giuffre recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

April 04, 2023
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James Peter Giuffre ˈ dʒ uː f r i Italian pronunciation dʒufˈfre April 26 1921 1 April 24 2008 2 was an American jazz clarinetist saxophonist composer and arranger He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians anticipating forms of free improvisation Jimmy GiuffreBackground informationBirth nameJames Peter GiuffreBorn 1921 04 26 April 26 1921Dallas Texas U S DiedApril 24 2008 2008 04 24 aged 86 Pittsfield Massachusetts U S GenresJazz free jazz West Coast jazz cool jazz folk jazz chamber jazz third streamOccupation s Musician composer arrangerInstrument s Clarinet tenor saxophone baritone saxophoneYears active1940s 1990sLabelsCapitol Atlantic Verve Choice Soul Note CELP Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 As leader co leader 2 2 As sideman arranger and or composer 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditJimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas Texas United States 1 the son of Joseph Francis Giuffre an Italian immigrant from Termini Imerese Palermo Province Sicily citation needed and Everet McDaniel Giuffre Giuffre was a graduate of Dallas Technical High School and North Texas State Teachers College University of North Texas College of Music 1 He first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman s big band for which he wrote Four Brothers 1947 1 He would continue to write creative unusual arrangements throughout his career He was a central figure in West Coast jazz and cool jazz 3 He became a member of Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars in 1951 as a full time All Star along with Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach California became the focal point of West Coast jazz in the 1952 53 period During this time he collaborated with Rogers on many of the charts written for the All Stars The first recording released by the Lighthouse All Stars was a not so West Coast jazz chart named Big Boy which he and Rogers had put together 4 It was an instant hit in Los Angeles citation needed He left the band in September 1953 and became a member of Shorty Rogers and His Giants before going solo At this point in his career Giuffre predominantly played tenor and baritone saxophone His first trio consisted of Giuffre guitarist Jim Hall 1 and double bassist Ralph Pena later replaced by Jim Atlas They had a minor hit in 1957 when Giuffre s The Train and the River was featured on the television special The Sound of Jazz This trio explored what Giuffre dubbed blues based folk jazz This same special matched Giuffre with fellow clarinetist Pee Wee Russell for a leisurely jam session simply titled Blues When Atlas left the trio Giuffre replaced him with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer 1 This unusual instrumentation was partly inspired by Aaron Copland The group can be seen performing The Train and the River in the film Jazz on a Summer s Day filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival 1 In 1959 Giuffre led a trio featuring Hall and bassist Buddy Clark on a concert in Rome Italy sharing the bill with Gerry Mulligan s band In 1961 Giuffre formed a new trio with pianist Paul Bley and Steve Swallow on double bass and began to focus his attention largely on the clarinet This group received little attention while active but were later cited by some critics and musicians as among the most important groups in jazz history 5 They explored free jazz not in the aggressive mode of Albert Ayler or Archie Shepp but with a hushed quiet focus closer to chamber music 6 The trio s explorations of melody harmony and rhythm are still as striking and radical as any in jazz Thom Jurek has written that this trio s recordings are one of the most essential documents regarding the other side of early 60s jazz 7 Giuffre Bley and Swallow eventually explored wholly improvised music several years ahead of the free improvisation boom in Europe 1 Jurek writes that Free Fall their final record was such radical music no one literally no one was ready for it and the group disbanded shortly thereafter on a night when they made only 35 cents apiece for a set 7 In the early 1970s Giuffre formed a new trio with bassist Kiyoshi Tokunaga and drummer Randy Kaye Giuffre added instruments including bass flute and soprano saxophone to his arsenal A later group included Pete Levin playing synthesizer and replaced Tokunaga with electric bassist Bob Nieske This group recorded three albums for the Italian Soul Note label 8 During the 1970s Giuffre was hired by New York University to head its jazz ensemble and to teach private lessons in saxophone and music composition Into the 1990s Giuffre continued teaching and performing He recorded with Joe McPhee and revived the trio with Bley and Swallow though Swallow had switched to bass guitar giving the group a different sound 1 Through the mid 1990s Giuffre taught at the New England Conservatory of Music He suffered from Parkinson s disease and in his last years he no longer performed Giuffre died of pneumonia in Pittsfield Massachusetts on April 24 2008 two days short of his 87th birthday 2 Discography EditAs leader co leader Edit 1955 Jimmy Giuffre Capitol 1955 Tangents in Jazz Capitol 1956 The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet Atlantic 1956 The Jimmy Giuffre 3 Atlantic 1958 The Music Man Atlantic 1958 Trav lin Light Atlantic 1958 The Four Brothers Sound Atlantic 1958 Western Suite Atlantic 1959 Ad Lib Verve 1959 7 Pieces Verve 1959 Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre Verve with Herb Ellis 1959 Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre Verve with Lee Konitz 1959 The Easy Way Verve 1959 Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra Mobiles Verve with the Sudwestfunk Orchestra of Baden Baden 1959 Princess Fini Jazz Italian release recorded at Adriano Theatre Rome Italy June 19 1959 1960 The Jimmy Giuffre Quartet in Person Verve 1961 Fusion Verve 1961 Thesis Verve re released with Fusion and three additional tracks as 1961 ECM 1992 1961 Emphasis Stuttgart 1961 hatArt 1993 with Steve Swallow Paul Bley 1961 Flight Bremen 1961 hatArt 1993 re issued with Emphasis as Emphasis amp Flight hatOLOGY 2003 1961 Graz Live 1961 Hathut ezz thetics 2019 with Steve Swallow Paul Bley 1963 Free Fall Columbia 1965 New York Concerts The Jimmy Giuffre 3 amp 4 2014 1973 Music for People Birds Butterflies and Mosquitoes Choice also released as Mosquito Dance DJM and Night Dance Candid 1975 River Chant Choice also released as Mosquito Dance DJM and The Train and the River Candid 1978 IAI Festival Improvising Artists with Lee Konitz Bill Connors and Paul Bley 1983 Dragonfly Soul Note 1985 Quasar Soul Note 1988 Eiffel Live in Paris CELP with Andre Jaume 1988 Momentum Willisau 1988 hatOLOGY 1997 with Andre Jaume 1989 Liquid Dancers Soul Note 1990 The Life of a Trio Saturday Owl with Steve Swallow Paul Bley 1990 The Life of a Trio Sunday Owl with Steve Swallow Paul Bley 1991 River Station CELP with Andre Jaume and Joe McPhee 1992 Talks amp Plays CELP 2000 CD with interview and a second CD with Andre Jaume 1992 Fly Away Little Bird Owl with Steve Swallow Paul Bley 1996 Conversations with a Goose Soul Note with Steve Swallow Paul BleyAs sideman arranger and or composer Edit Chet Baker and the Lighthouse All Stars Witch Doctor Contemporary 1953 1985 Chet Baker Pretty Groovy World Pacific 1954 1958 Elmer Bernstein The Man with the Golden Arm Decca 1956 Paul Bley Quiet Song Improvising Artists 1975 Buddy Bregman Swinging Kicks Verve 1956 Bob Brookmeyer Traditionalism Revisited World Pacific 1957 Ray Brown Bass Hit Verve 1956 Teddy Charles The Teddy Charles Tentet Atlantic 1956 Teddy Charles Shorty Rogers Shelly Manne Jimmy Giuffre Collaboration West Prestige 1953 1956 Evolution Prestige 1953 1957 Peggy Connelly That Old Black Magic Bethlehem 1956 Buddy DeFranco The Progressive Mr DeFranco Norgran 1953 1954 reissued as Odalisque The Music Of Buddy DeFranco Norgran 1956 amp Verve 1961 Herb Ellis Ellis in Wonderland Verve 1956 Stan Kenton Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton Capitol 1953 Lee Konitz You and Lee Arranged and conducted by Jimmy Giuffre Verve 1959 Giuffre does not play John Lewis The Wonderful World of Jazz Atlantic 1960 credited as James Rivers Essence Atlantic 1962 Shelly Manne amp His Men The West Coast Sound Contemporary 1953 Giuffre plays baritone saxophone and arranges one tune Shelly Manne The Three amp The Two Contemporary 1954 Helen Merrill The Artistry of Helen Merrill Mainstream 1965 Modern Jazz Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Atlantic 1956 Lennie Niehaus Lennie Niehaus Vol 3 The Octet 2 Contemporary 1955 with Niehaus Giuffre plays baritone saxophone Lennie Niehaus Lennie Niehaus Vol 5 The Sextet Contemporary 1955 Anita O Day Pick Yourself Up Verve 1958 Anita O Day Cool Heat Arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre Verve 1959 Shorty Rogers Modern Sounds Capitol 1951 Shorty Rogers Shorty Rogers and His Giants RCA Victor 1953 Shorty Rogers Cool and Crazy RCA Victor 1953 also released as The Big Shorty Rogers Express Shorty Rogers Shorty Rogers Courts the Count RCA Victor 1954 Shorty Rogers and Andre Previn Collaboration RCA Victor 1954 Shorty Rogers The Swinging Mr Rogers Atlantic 1955 Shorty Rogers Martians Stay Home Atlantic 1955 1980 Shorty Rogers Martians Come Back Atlantic 1955 1956 Shorty Rogers Way Up There Atlantic 1955 1957 Shorty Rogers Wherever the Five Winds Blow RCA Victor 1956 1957 Shorty Rogers Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers RCA Victor 1957 Shorty Rogers The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs RCA Victor 1959 Shorty Rogers The Swingin Nutcracker RCA Victor 1960 Pete Rugolo Introducing Pete Rugolo Columbia 1954 Pete Rugolo Adventures in Rhythm Columbia 1954 Pete Rugolo Rugolomania Columbia 1955 Pete Rugolo New Sounds by Pete Rugolo Harmony 1954 55 1957 Pete Rugolo Out on a Limb EmArcy 1956 Bill Russo Shorty Rogers Shelly Manne Jimmy Giuffre Jazz Composers Workshop Savoy 1952 Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars Vol 3 Contemporary 1952 in this band Giuffre plays tenor saxophone Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse Vol 1 amp 2 Contemporary 1953 Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements Verve 1959 Duane Tatro Jazz for Moderns Contemporary 1954 55 Giuffre plays baritone saxophoneSee also EditList of jazz arrangersReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Who s Who of Jazz First ed Guinness Publishing pp 163 4 ISBN 0 85112 580 8 a b Obituary Jimmy Giuffre The Guardian 29 April 2008 Retrieved July 27 2021 Berendt Joachim E 1976 The Jazz Book Paladin p 20 Lighthouse All Stars Featuring Jimmy Giuffre on Tenor Big Boy 7 Skylark Records at Discogs list of releases Lock Graham 1994 Chasing the Vibration Meetings with Creative Musicians Exeter Stride pp 133 134 ISBN 1 873012 81 0 Berendt p 123 a b Free Fall Jimmy Giuffre 3 Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved July 27 2021 Lock p 132External links Editvideo interview with Steve Swallow and Carla Bley on recording with Jimmy Giuffre Jazz com Biographical Entry The Quiet Class of Jimmy Giuffre Archived 2016 07 11 at the Wayback Machine Jimmy Giuffre Cry Freedom by Rex Butters Daily Telegraph obituary New York Times obituary Jazz Police obituary Jazz Portraits from the WGBH Archives Jimmy Giuffre a radio documentary from WGBH Radio Boston Jimmy Giuffre recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jimmy Giuffre amp oldid 1144704907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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