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Jimmy Giuffre

Background information
Born April 26, 1921(1921-04-26)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Died April 24, 2008 (aged 86)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Genre(s) Jazz
Cool jazz
Occupation(s) composer, arranger, musician
Instrument(s) saxophone, clarinet

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Born in Dallas, Texas, Giuffre (pronounced "Joo-free") was a graduate of Dallas Technical High School and North Texas State Teachers College (now the University of North Texas) . He first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman's big band, for which he wrote the celebrated "Four Brothers" (1947). Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed Woodrow Charles Herman ( May 16 1913 &ndash October 29 1987) better known as Woody Herman, was an American Jazz A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late " Four Brothers " (1947 is a Jazz standard composed by Jimmy Giuffre and performed by the Woody Herman Orchestra He would continue to write creative, unusual arrangements throughout his career. He was a central figure in so-called West coast jazz and was a member of Shorty Rogers's groups before going solo. West Coast jazz is a form of Jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco at about the same time as Hard bop jazz was developing Milton “Shorty” Rogers ( April 14, 1924 &ndash November 7, 1994) born Milton Rajonsky in Great Barrington Massachusetts

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Instrumental playing

Giuffre played clarinet (which he had begun learning at the age of nine, starting on an E-flat because his hands were too small for a B-flat), as well as tenor and baritone saxophones, but eventually focused on clarinet. His style was unique and distinctive, "having been self-formed, the only possible precedent having been the clarinet of Lester Young. Lester Willis Young ( August 27, 1909 &ndash March 15, 1959) nickname 'Prez' was an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist " [1] His early music was sometimes classified as cool jazz. Cool jazz is a Jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. Giuffre's early saxophone work has been favorably compared to Lester Young's, as well. Lester Willis Young ( August 27, 1909 &ndash March 15, 1959) nickname 'Prez' was an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist

Trios

His first trio consisted of Giuffre, guitarist Jim Hall and double bassist Ralph Pena (later replaced by Jim Atlas). The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles James Stanley Hall (born December 4, 1930, Buffalo New York) is an American Jazz Guitarist. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. 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. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Sound of Jazz was a landmark Television program that was part of CBS 's Seven Lively Arts series 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". Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his Nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was

When Atlas left the trio, Giuffre replaced him with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American Jazz valve Trombonist, pianist, and arranger. This unusual instrumentation was partly inspired by Claude Debussy. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. The group can be seen performing in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Jazz on a Summer's Day is a 1960 Documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport Rhode Island, USA.

In 1961, Giuffre formed a new trio with piano player Paul Bley and double bassist Steve Swallow. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Paul Bley, CM, (born November 10, 1932) is a Canadian Free jazz pianist. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Steve Swallow (b October 4, 1940) is a Jazz Bass guitarist and Composer born in Fair Lawn New Jersey. This group received little attention when they were active, but were later cited by some fans and musicians as among the most important groups in jazz history. They explored free jazz not in the loud, aggressive mode of Albert Ayler or Archie Shepp, but with a hushed, quiet focus more resembling chamber music. For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Albert Ayler ( July 13, 1936 – November 1970 was an American avant-garde Jazz saxophonist, singer and Composer. Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is a prominent American Jazz Saxophonist. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber The trio's explorations of melody, harmony and rhythm are still as striking and radical as any in jazz. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of Thom Jurek has written that this trio's recordings are "one of the most essential documents regarding the other side of early-'60s jazz. " [2]

Improvised music

Giuffre, Bley and Swallow eventually explored wholly improvised music, several years ahead of the free improvisation boom in Europe. Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s involved in many cases the musicians make 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. Free Fall is an album by Jimmy Giuffre 3 Track listing All tracks written by Jimmy Giuffre Propulsion - 308 Three We - " [3]

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. Black Saint/Soul Note is a pair of Italian Jazz Independent record labels Black Saint was established in 1975 by Giacomo Pelliciotti and devoted

Teaching and performing

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. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. 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). Joe McPhee (born November 3, 1939) is an American Jazz Multi-instrumentalist born in Miami Florida, a player of tenor 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. Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the Central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's Giuffre died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on April 24, 2008, two days short of his 87th birthday. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

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