This release contains the complete Jimmy Giuffre studio album Ad Lib, appearing here for the first time ever on CD [1-6]. Backed by Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell and Lawrence Marable, this quartet session mark one of the only "blowing date" Giuffre ever made, with only the head arrangements prepared. As a bonus, it's also included several rare trio recordings by Giuffre in concert.
PERSONNEL:
JIMMY GIUFFRE (cl, ts, bs)
JIMMY ROWLES (p)
RED MITCHELL (b)
LAWRENCE MARABLE (d).
Los Angeles, January, 1959. (Originally Verve)
Bonus Tracks:
[7-8]
Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bar), Bob Brokmeyer (v-tb), Jim Hal (g).
Stars of Jazz KABC TV Show. Hollywood, California, October 27, 1958.
[9] Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bar), Jim Hal (g), Wilfred Midlebroks (b).
Live in Chicago, August 8, 1959.
Tracks:
01 I Got Those Blues
02 I'm Old Fashioned
03 I Hear Red
04 The Boy Next Door
05 Stella By Starlight
06 Problems
07 Pony Express
08 Down Home
09 Song Of The Wind