In the ‘80s Giuffre formed the Jimmy Giuffre 4, keeping Randy Kaye, adding Phil Levin on electronics, and Bob Nieske, electric bass. They recorded three albums for Soul Note, now all very hard to find ...

Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals ...

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Giuffre had hinted he wanted to push jazz tradition. "Every man must go his own way," he told Down Beat magazine in the '50s. In 1955, he released "Tangents in Jazz," downplaying the bass and drums.

GBH News April 28, 2008 • Composer and jazz clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre, who died April 24, was an early pioneer of both the cool jazz and avant-garde jazz movements of the '50s and '60s.

The odds are slim that a better historical jazz release will surface this year than The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4 New York Concerts (Elemental Music), a mind-bending double CD collecting two previously ...

Jimmy Giuffre, the saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer whose work encompassed a range including big band scoring, cool West Coast jazz, minimalist trios and free improvisation, died ...