Containing eight complete albums originally released between 1956 and 1960 on Atlantic and Verve Records, this box set serves as an excellent introduction to Texas/West Coast and New York-based American jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Giuiffre, presenting his work in more traditional, albeit uniquely creative, jazz settings.
Format: 4 CDs + Book Box Set Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: USA Packaging: Box Set - 4 CDs in jewel trays w/ book Recorded between 1956 and 1959.
Personnel:
Jimmy Giuffre-clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Bud Shrank-alto flute
Buddy Collette-alto clarinet, flute
Harry Klee-bass clarinet, bass flute
Harry Edison-trumpet
Shorty Rogers-trumpet
Jack Sheldon-trumpet
Bob Cooper-tenor saxophone, oboe
Dave Pell-tenor saxophone, English horn
Marty Berman-baritone saxophone, bassoon
Jimmy Rowles-piano, celeste
Ralph Pena-bass
Stan Levey-drums
Shelly Mannie-drums
Jim Hall-guitar
Art Farmer-trumpet
Bernie Glow-trumpet
Phil Sunken-trumpet
Joe Wilder-trumpet
Al Cohn-tenor saxophone
Eddie Wasserman-tenor saxophone
Sol Schlinger-baritone saxophone
Wendell Marshell-bass
Ed Shaughnessy-drums
Bob Brookmeyer-valve trombone, piano
Jim Rowles-piano
Red Mitchell-bass
Lawrence Marable-drums
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"American jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Giuiffre remains most notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation. Born in Dallas, Texas, in 1921, the son of Joseph Francis Giuffre (an Italian immigrant from Palermo Province, Sicily) and Everet McDaniel Giuffre, young Jimmy was a graduate of Dallas Technical High School and North Texas State Teachers College (University of North Texas College of Music). He first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman's big band, for which he wrote 'Four Brothers' (1947). He would continue to write creative, unusual arrangements throughout his career. This collection features the earlier records of Jimmy Giufrre which were the forerunners of his later more radical and avant-garde work. Containing eight complete albums originally released between 1956 and 1960, this extraordinary collection works as both a fine introduction to this most underrated of jazz masters, and a welcome reminder of how Giuffre's music moves like perhaps nobody else's from the same period."-Enlightenment