Late Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Listening again to Giuffre's 70's recordings ... I guess he must have spent part of this down-time adding flute to his instrumental "arsenal." I did the same thing yesterday, listening to both of his Choice records (now on Candid CDs). One of the original covers: Candid CD Covers: For anyone who hasn't heard these recordings, I'd recommend them without hesitation, particularly if you have (and like) some Giuffre recordings already. Sound samples are on Amazon. They're not nearly as "free" as Free Fall. The Rex Butters article (linked above) implies that Eastern philosophy was at least a partial influence when these LPs were made (one track is titled "Om" after all, but this is far away from Coltrane's recording of the same title). Wesley LaViolette's version of mysticism also seems to have inspired Giuffre at this time. The melodies are often very trance-like, Giuffre's horn playing in octave unison with Kiyoshi Tokunaga's bass, while Randy Kaye occasionally adds what sounds like nipple gongs (could be wrong on that; it's some type of miniature gong). Giuffre's not the best flautist (he plays both standard and bass flutes here), but he somehow turns his limitations into an advantage, never opting for rapid-fire lines, and instead focusing on shifts in pitch and interval. I wish he'd picked up the baritone saxophone for these recordings; I'd really liked to have heard the big horn in such a context. The recorded sound on these albums, by the way, is very natural and up-front. In total, a big . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Also wanted to add that, per the Martin Williams essay, I can't stop thinking about what the sound of the "Jimmy Giuffre 3" when Don Pullen was in the group must have been like. Giuffre, Pullen, and Cecil McBee? Maybe Giuffre recorded some the rehearsals ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted November 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 From November 16, 1966 to December 3, 1966, Giuffre was part of a stage production — entitled "The Apparition Theatre of Prague" — performed at The Cort Theater in New York. "The Jimmy Giuffre Quartet" was responsible for the music, but I can't find any personnel listing. Like a puzzle, pieces that make up a portrait of Giuffre from these ten years (1963-1973) slowly fill in. If any new posters have any information on, or observations about, this period of Giuffre's musical career, please share! When artists seemingly go "underground" — meaning, essentially, that there's no documentation of their work — they often, in fact, aren't underground at all. They might very well be down the street, scuffling: taking gigs, freelancing, etc. In a way, it seems like the most interesting (or maybe I should just say "intriguing") time frame of Giuffre's musical career was when he was the least recorded. Oh yes — and in 1963, Giuffre lent his microphone and recorder to Roswell Rudd. The gesture resulted in the recording (with Steve Lacy) we now know as School Days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Up — to go with Colin's new post about the previously unissued 1965 recordings. Rejoice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh yes — and in 1963, Giuffre lent his microphone and recorder to Roswell Rudd. The gesture resulted in the recording (with Steve Lacy) we now know as School Days. IIRC there was an unrecorded Giuffre quartet with Lacy around this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh yes — and in 1963, Giuffre lent his microphone and recorder to Roswell Rudd. The gesture resulted in the recording (with Steve Lacy) we now know as School Days. IIRC there was an unrecorded Giuffre quartet with Lacy around this time. Lacy and Giuffre played together a couple of years earlier for a few weeks (1960?), but there was a lack of compatibility and it didn't work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Lacy and Giuffre played together a couple of years earlier for a few weeks (1960?), but there was a lack of compatibility and it didn't work out. Where did you read this? (Not doubting, just wondering about the source.) Two of my all-time favorite improvisers. I wouldn't think to put them together, but who knows ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Lacy and Giuffre played together a couple of years earlier for a few weeks (1960?), but there was a lack of compatibility and it didn't work out. Where did you read this? (Not doubting, just wondering about the source.) Two of my all-time favorite improvisers. I wouldn't think to put them together, but who knows ... It's from interviews with Lacy collected in the book Conversations. I don't have the book in front of me, but I believe they played together not long before Giuffre recorded his album at the Five Spot. I'm think that combination would have worked much better a few years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Yep. Someone recently reproduced a quote from Lacy here about how they didn't really gel. Which is not surprising to me at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Yeah: http://books.google.com/books?id=j2yel0bY6LYC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=steve+lacy+jimmy+giuffre&source=bl&ots=Z0k8uym1wi&sig=KNZCj1WIOiDha1o9EpcZXFDTRiE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=64EJU8b9CsKVygHZh4HACA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=steve%20lacy%20jimmy%20giuffre&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 Booed in the 60's, but Time Will Tell (by Nate Chinen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 1965 film footage of Giuffre's trio with Don Friedman and Barre Phillips evidently exists. UK television. Jazz 625. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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