Jimmy Giuffre
American jazz clarinetist/saxophonist and composer
United States • 1921-04-26 – 2008-04-24
Biography
James Peter Giuffre ( JOO-fray, Italian: [dʒufˈfrɛ]; April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Art Pepper + Eleven (Modern Jazz Classics)
1960
The Best Of The Manhattan Transfer
1981
Pastiche
1978
Living Time
1972
The Sound Of Jazz
1958
Belafonte Sings The Blues
1958
Music From The Soundtrack Of "The Man With The Golden Arm"
1956
Splendid
1978
Live
1978
Twin-House
1977
Walking Shoes
1972
Trav'lin' Light
1958
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
1956
The West Coast Sound Volume 1
1956
Something Cool
1954
The Manhattan Transfer Anthology • Down In Birdland
Love Hurts
2019
Lovers
2016
Dialoogid
1983
History Of Jazz
1978
Urbie Green And His 6-Tet
1963
Western Suite
1960
Cool Heat
1959
Jazz Confidential
1958
Credited work
2,721 releases · 463 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 6,198
- Other credits · 263
Studios: Music Inn, Lenox, MA · The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach · Atlantic Studios · Capitol Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Woody Herman
- The Jimmy Giuffre 3
- Anita O'Day
- The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Shorty Rogers
- Stan Kenton
- The Manhattan Transfer