Jimmy Giuffre - The Easy Way '1959

Tracks list

Tracklist

1. The Easy Way
 2. Mack the Knife
 3. Come Rain or Come Shine
 4. Careful
 5. Rays Time
 6. Dream, A
 7. Off Center
 8. Montage
 9. Time Enough

personnel : 

Jimmy Giuffres small-group recordings of the late 50s and early 60s are renowned
for his lyrical tone and intimate chamber jazz settings. Joined by frequently
collaborator Jim Hall on guitar and bassist Ray Brown (who easily settles into
the mellower atmosphere far removed from his many recordings with Oscar
Peterson), Giuffre primarily sticks to clarinet in his interpretations of the
standards Mack the Knife and Come Rain or Come Shine. Switching to tenor sax,
Giuffre negotiates Jim Halls tricky Careful, though it is Halls bluesy solo that
is the highlight of this track. Giuffres Rays Time is a blues dedicated to
Brown, featuring his driving bass underneath the leaders smoky tenor sax.
Giuffres effort on baritone sax, Time Enough, makes it obvious that this isnt
his primary instrument; his sound is much harsher and less melodic than either
clarinet or tenor sax. Long out of print, this 2003 CD reissue will only be
available from Verve until 2006.


 

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