The Way It is, by Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall

The Way It is

by Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall

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1.	California Here I Come 02:43	buy track
2.	Show Me the Way to Go Home 04:42	buy track
3.	That's the Way It Is 03:48	buy track
4.	Fascinating Rhythm 04:05	buy track
5.	Down Home 05:43	buy track
6.	Gotta Dance 02:33	buy track
7.	Crazy She Calls Me 04:18	buy track
8.	The Lonely Time 03:57	buy track
9.	The Sheepherder 05:24	buy track
10.	A Dream 02:09	buy track
11.	42nd Street 06:18	buy track
12.	Come Rain or Come Shine 04:31	buy track
13.	The Green Country (New England Mood) 03:07	buy track
14.	Time Enough 02:43	buy track
15.	My Funny Valentine 05:05	buy track
16.	My All 04:13	buy track
17.	The Train and the River 03:35	buy track
18.	Mack the Knife 04:54	buy track
19.	The Swamp People 05:36	buy track

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An excellent introduction to Jimmy Giuffre's unique music.
With guitarist Jim Hall, Giuffre is heard on clarinet, tenor, and baritone. The generally introverted music is wistful, has a fair amount of variety, and is melodic while still sounding advanced.
The thought-provoking and generally relaxed works feature a wide variety of instrumentation. Giuffre plays a fairly free "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in a Benny Goodman-type trio with pianist Rowles and drummer Shelly Manne, performs with a couple of other trios, uses three woodwinds plus bassist Ralph Pena on an atmospheric "My Funny Valentine“.
A very interesting album.

Review by Scott Yanow

Controversial, misunderstood, and underappreciated, Jimmy Giuffre was an unlikely candidate to break as much ground as he did in the art of free improvisation. A swing orchestra veteran, Giuffre made his name as part of the West Coast school of cool jazz, but his restless creative spirit drove him to push the boundaries of texture, dynamic shading, counterpoint, and improvisational freedom in surprisingly avant-garde ways, despite maintaining a cool, cerebral exterior.

Artist Biography by Steve Huey

credits

released October 23, 2021

Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, baritone sax, tenor sax
Jim Hall - guitar

with
Bob Brookmeyer - trombone
Jimmy Rowles - piano
Ralph Pena - bass
Jim Atlas - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

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nagel heyer records Germany

nagel heyer records, of Hamburg, Germany, was founded in 1992 by Hans Nagel-Heyer, an enthusiastic jazz fan, and his wife Sabine..

The label's mission is to present the finest in modern, mainstream and traditional jazz by some of the best swing-orientated jazzmen in the world today.

In 2020 we celebrated the 28th anniversary of the label - and looking forward to much more great music to come. ... more

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