some jazz for your wednesday

From NPR:

Jimmy Giuffre

Album: Jimmy Giuffre 3

Song: Train and the River

One of the most interesting and experimental group configurations in West Coast jazz was The Jimmy Giuffre 3. The first incarnation of the trio consisted of Giuffre (reed instruments), Jim Hall (guitar) and Ralph Pena (bass). Later, Giuffre replaced the bass with Bob Brookmeyer's valve trombone, but here, we'll hear the original trio, featuring Guiffre on all three of his instruments: baritone sax, tenor sax and clarinet. Guiffre called his music "blues-based folk jazz," and was strongly influenced by composer Claude Debussy. If you were to try to paint this music, you'd want to use pastels. It's lovely.

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