Search Chicago Jazz
Jazz Calendar
Mosaik
Phyllis' Musical Inn
May 21st 2012
1800 West Division St.
Chicago, Ill 60622
Cost: $0
Get More Info
Rebecca Sullivan
Uncommon Ground Devon
May 21st 2012
Chicago, Ill
Cost: $7.00
Get More Info
JIMMY GIUFFREN
JIMMY GIUFFREN
Date Posted: May 06 2008
Written By: Chicago Jazz
|
 Bookmark it!
|
Jazz clarinetist and composer, Jimmy Giuffren, died on April 24 at age eighty-six in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He is best known for the 1947 composition of Woody Herman's big hit and anthem, "Four Brothers." Additionally, Giuffren, a part of the West Coast jazz scene of the early fifties, receives accolades for his 1955 album, Tangents in Jazz, in which he opted to perform without chordal instruments, like piano and guitar—revolutionary for its time. It was also during that mid-fifties period that Giuffren organized his trios and quartets around a softer sound by removing the drummer. Perhaps the best example of this is his group consisting of Jimmy Hall (guitar), Ralph Pea (bass) and Bob Brookmeyer (trombone). In the early sixties, Giuffren was heavily influenced by Ornette Coleman, and developed a free jazz sound, which remained with him for the rest of his life. His 1963 album, Free Fall, is now considered to be a jazz classic.
Don't miss anymore Chicago Jazz Information.
Subscribe to Chicago Jazz magazine / Get A Free CD.
Subscribe to our Chicago Jazz weekly newsletter.
