Free Fall is a Jazz album by Jimmy Giuffre, originally released in 1963. On Gatefold: 13 pressings tracked.
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About
Jimmy Giuffre's 1962 recording for Columbia with his trio is one of the most revolutionary recordings to come out of the 1960s. While Coltrane and Coleman and Taylor were trying to tear music down from the inside out to discover what it really counted for, Giuffre was quietly creating his own microtonal revolution that was being overlooked by other avant-gardists in jazz. On Free Fall, Giuffre, pianist Paul Bley, and bassist Steve Swallow embarked on a voyage even farther-reaching than their previous two Verve albums, Fusion and Thesis (both recorded in 1961), in their search of pointillistic harmony, open-toned playing, .
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Tracklist
- 1Propulsion3:06
- 2Threewe4:11
- 3Ornothoids2:42
- 4Dichotomy3:56
- 5Man Alone2:17
- 6Spasmodic3:26
- 7Yggdrasill2:32
- 8Divided Man1:53
- 9Primordial Call2:16
- 10The Five Ways10:19
- 11Present Notion3:41
- 12Motion Suspended3:15
- 13Future Plans3:55
- 14Past Mistakes2:05
- 15Time Will Tell3:49
- 16Let's See3:25
Credits
Performers
- Jimmy GiuffreCLARINET
- Steve SwallowDOUBLE BASS BASS
- Paul BleyPIANO
13 pressings tracked on Gatefold