.He did it before AMM, SME,MEV.. or any other Acronymed cats!....
Innovative arranger with Woody Herman in the 40's,inventor of folk inflected chamber
Jazz,,............pioneer of so called third stream... and in a lesser trawled period as on these lp's synthesiser of a raw rhythmically but paradoxically ethereal.. propulsive freewheeling free Jazz,with strong Asian and African accents ....and the tunes are in no way generic or anodyne (despite the track titles new age connotations)
Giuffre had the gift here of a flexible creative rhythm section ..(where the F..are they now?), huge dynamic range .. extraordinary MAGICO empathy!
Damned...these records are ., too beautiful ,for this grotesque corrupting physical reality we are obliged to inhabit..or think we inhabit... trapped in some Devils dream time!
I know the Choice catalogue has been reissued in Japan circa early thousands , i think there was also an abridged reissue culled from both these lp's .. but that's long gone too..i think!
enjoy!
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Many thanks sotise, I remember the first time I heard Free Fall, was completely knocked out, and still am. Recorded over 50 years ago and still no-one has caught up with it.
ReplyDeleteWow Sotise - one of these two LPs I've never seen - the Demon one - and none of the two I have listened to.
ReplyDeleteGreat, great!
Will come back after listening to it.
Thank you......
Thanks, check out JG's obit here:
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Thank you for making this available. I have to admit it took me a while to really get into Giuffre was doing. I look forward to the opportunity to hear more of this music.
ReplyDeleteThanks; I agree about Free Fall, wonderful and under-valued album. Your new posting plugs a gap and is very welcome.
ReplyDeleteThan you very much SOTISE. When I got the double ECM box set Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1961 (consisting of Thesis and Fusion) I was shocked, and I started look for recordings by this outstanding musician. From exquisite West Coast to free (in the most litteral meaning) music, it should be very little musicians making this exciting trip.
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ifound many times ago river chant in mp3 somewhere on the net and I was really surprised, an amazing record.I tried to find it to buy, but nothing, to look for it in a better format, but nothing....so thank you very much for this upgrade.
ReplyDeleteI even tried to find some other giuffre records from the seventies, but nothing so thank u again to give me the chance to listen it
a musician that I wanted to know better, here is a special occasion, thank you SOTISE
ReplyDeleteRiver Chant is truly a beautiful record. Meditative and spiritual. The playing by all three is terrific. I will have to look up the other recordings that Tokunaga is on.
ReplyDeleteThanks again SOTISE.
This really is a treat. Many, many thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks, SOTISE, great choice (...); Giuffre is ... different... pure pleasure...
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteThks Sotise. Pure dope! Jimmy never failed to illuminate our mental spaces. The sound of the unknown. Didn't stop listening to it for days.
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Oogah-chakka!!!! PBB??? A piece of the Giuffre universe never experienced ... pardon me while I lock the door and put this on to play.
ReplyDeletearigato much, sotise
Wow, thanks so much. I have wanted to hear this albums ever since I became a Paul Bley groupie decades back
ReplyDeleteHi Sotise and all the community.
ReplyDeleteBoth albums have been reissued on cd and are very easy to find. For a reason that I can't explain the titles have been changed.
-Music for people birds butterfly & mosquitoes become night train
-river chant become the train and the river.
the order title is also different but all the tracks are on those two cd's.
BIG THX!...
ReplyDeleteHi, could we get a re-up? Especially the "People, Birds, Butterflies" album?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance!
Nevermind, I see the re-issues with new names.
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