Jimmy Giuffre

2 LPs ON 1 CD

5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
 

This release contains the complete classic studio album The Jimmy Giuffre 3 by a Jimmy Giuffre trio featuring Jim Hall and Ralph Peña. As a bonus, the album, Trav’lin’ Light, which also appears here in its entirety, on which Peña’s bass is replaced by Bob Brookmeyer’s valve trombone.

Includes 16-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

JIMMY GIUFFRE, clarinet, tenor & baritone sax
JIM HALL, guitar
RALPH PEÑA, bass

Los Angeles, December 3 & 4, 1956.

BONUS ALBUM (10-17): Trav’lin’ Light
Same personnel except Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) replaces Peña.
New York, January 20-23, 1958.

Tracks:

01) GOTTA DANCE 2:33
02) TWO KINDS OF BLUES 5:15
03) THE SONG IS YOU 3:56
04) CRAZY SHE CALLS ME 4:18
05) VOODOO 2:53
06) MY ALL 4:13
07) THAT’S THE WAY IT IS 3:49
08) CRAWDAD SUITE 7:13
09) THE TRAIN AND THE RIVER 3:35
10) PICKIN’ ‘EM UP AND LAYIN’ ‘EM DOWN 5:46
11) THE GREEN COUNTRY 3:10
12) THE LONELY TIME 3:57
13) TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT 4:25
14) FORTY-SECOND STREET 6:17
15) SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME 4:42
16) THE SWAMP PEOPLE 5:37
17) CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME 2:42

TOTAL TIME: 76:02

 

DOWN BEAT (THE JIMMY GIUFFRE 3)
“The richly flowing imagination of Giuffre is demonstrated forcefully in this fine set. This is simple, direct, lucid jazz, presented with warmth, honesty, and a lack of pretentious devices. This is music of enduring value. As an indication of Giuffre’s constantly enlarging contribution to the growth of jazz, this LP is a valuable possession. (Don Gold)