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  1. “But Monk’s wholly original songwriting is his most lasting legacy. Taking intro, verse, refrain, bridge, coda, and “hook”—all the humble nonlinguistic bones of song—he bent them toward his own specific needs and vision. In this sense, he becomes part of a broader renaissance of American song in the second half of the twentieth century.

    https://thebaffler.com/salvos/jazz-is-freedom-grimstad

     

  2. I read the autobiography and the Meehan book many years ago, and I remember the Meehan book seemed to repeat some parts of the autobiography.  But if you are a fan of Bley, go ahead and read the Meehan book  I have not read the Cappelleti book, but I will if I find it in a library.  I would pay no attention to "s**t reviews on Amazon".

  3. In the 23 October 1961 issue of Billboard, Jimmy Jungerman wrote:  “The Jimmy Giuffre Three tour Germany and Austria in October and November.  They start in Frankfurt, Germany, and will visit Rheda, Essen, Kassel, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Graz, Linz, Vienna, Austria; Homberg, Dusseldorf, Bad Homburg, Stuttgart, Bonn, Cologne, Saarbrucken, Tubingen, Mannheim, Nuremburg, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Aachen, Bremen, Hanover, Germany”. 

    Somebody needs to write a (800-page?) biography of Giuffre.

  4. 28 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

    No. Composer George Russell's wife was Juanita Odejnar. (He named a piece after her, which was recorded at the same session s "Ezzthetic.") After that marriage came to an end, Juanita married Giuffre.

    There is some evidence that Giuffre had something with Vivien Garry.  On page 18 of the 25 January 1952 issue of Down Beat there is a photo entitled “Lighthouse Gang Illumines Lecture.”  Below the photo it says:

    “For his lecture on progressive jazz in his Survey of Jazz course at UCLA, Nesuhi Ertegun brought a sample of the real thing for his students’ edification. Group was Howard Humsey’s [sic], from the Lighthouse cafe at Hermosa Beach, and included trombonist Milt Bernhart; trumpeter Shorty Rogers, tenorist Jimmy Giuffre; pianist bassist Rumsey, and durmmer Shelley Manne.  Lady at the left is Mrs. Giuffre, better known to record collectors as Vivien Garry. She assisted with some examples of vocal stylings.”

    I believe Giuffre married several times.  Juanita was his last wife.

    The Down Beat item is available on the Internet Archive.

    https://archive.org/

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