Jazz Articles about Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre 3: The Easy Way

by Joshua Weiner
October 14, 2003

Jimmy Giuffre's jazz has got to be among the sparsest ever laid down; you can see a whole lot of daylight between the notes. But the sketch-like quality of his music belies a quiet intensity that has an almost hypnotic attraction. This is not jazz that jumps out at you and grabs you by the lapels. It is, rather, jazz that trickles out in droplets, coalescing into music midway between the eardrum and the subconscious. For those who have come ...

Giuffre/Bley/Swallow: Fly Away Little Bird

by Rex Butters
October 8, 2003

Recorded a year before this trio's final record in ’93, Fly Away Little Bird delivers a more grounded, earthy performance than Conversations With a Goose. Here, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, and Steve Swallow explore their blues roots, particularly Giuffre. And, in addition to their trademark spontaneous inventions, they lovingly render five standards and a surprisingly strong composition by Juanita Odjenar Giuffre, Mrs. Jimmy. This was their third album for Owl after a 27-year hiatus.

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Jimmy Giuffre: The Complete Capitol and Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 1, 1999

If you're familiar with the royal reissue treatment provided by Mosaic Records than you know that one of the tenants of their company philosophy is the acknowledgment of not only established masters, but also neglected artists of great merit. Never so much has an artists fit the bill of overlooked genius than in the case of multi-reedman Jimmy Giuffre. Long misunderstood by critics and fans alike, the major part of his recorded legacy has been out-of-print- for decades and only ...