1 March 2008

Reunion of the Jimmy Giuffre Trio - Live Montreal 1991 FM Broadcast

Following the interest in the 1961 Giuffre Trio, I thought it might be appropriatre to bring this one out for an airing.

Jimmy Giuffre/ Paul Bley/ Steve Swallow

Theatre Du Nouveau Monde
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
July 07/1991

Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet
Paul Bley - piano
Steve Swallow - electric bass

Setlist:
1. announcer stage intros (1:43)
2. Sensing (13:56)
3. S.Swallow-solo (1:56)
4. J.Guiffre-solo (2:26)
5. P.Bley-solo (8:08)
6. Turns (8:22)
7. ? (10:28)
8. I Can't Get Started (6:40)
Total Time: 53:42
CBC-CBOF fm "Jazz Sur le Vif" live-to-air '07/07/91

Thirty years on from their groundbreaking trio of the early sixties, this session seems much less iconoclastic and more melodic. Swallow, now playing guitar-like electric bass, gives the band a different dimension. There's a lovely version of the standard "I can't get started" - the sort of thing you wouldn't expect in the 1961 performances. It strikes me as three guys who've done it all and just want to enjoy playing together with old friends.

I don't know what the motivation for reforming was, or why they didn't carry it on for much longer. In fact information on the net about this trio is a bit sparse. It'll be interesting to hear if anyone can shed any light on it.

This was broadcast on a French-Canadian radio station, sound quality is excellent. Thanks to "nocturne" for seeding.
MP3 and flac links in comments.
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14 comments:

  1. Boromir1 March 2008 at 11:45:00 CET

    MP3

    http://rapidshare.com/files/96121505/Giuffre_91_mp3.rar

    Flac

    http://rapidshare.com/files/95911205/Giuffre_91_flac.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/95931797/Giuffre_91_flac.part2.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/95947266/Giuffre_91_flac.part3.rar

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  2. Tachymètre1 March 2008 at 14:08:00 CET

    Thanks, Boromir. Always welcome when a rare Giuffre recording creeps up from between the floor boards.

    -RN

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  3. Wallofsound1 March 2008 at 14:09:00 CET

    Many thanks.

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  4. Anonymous1 March 2008 at 20:38:00 CET

    Well done Boromir, nice post. Thank you.

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  5. dalemcbdnl2 March 2008 at 05:21:00 CET

    Thanks boromir! Nice addition to the OWLs with Bley as the leader from about that time. The sound is great and the group and solos sound really fine. Beautiful!

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  6. Anonymous2 March 2008 at 14:50:00 CET

    Much thanks! The world would be a better if there was more Jimmy G!


    GB

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  7. Anonymous20 April 2008 at 22:07:00 CEST

    "Nice addition to the OWLs with Bley as the leader".

    Paul wasn't THE leader.
    Their name on the record was just given in alphabetic order.

    Thanks for that nice download.

    P.L.M

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  8. Kris Tiner29 April 2008 at 09:31:00 CEST

    beautiful, nice to reflect on this amazing music...

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  9. Anonymous1 May 2008 at 03:53:00 CEST

    One of my idols. To be able to range from big band arranging to toe-tapping on the front porch to unleashing the earth-spirit on "Free Fall"--brilliant. I'm interested to see if he gets posthumous recognition by the mainstream jazz press for all his innovations and his blessed stick-to-it-ivness.

    Thanks for the post!

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  10. Anonymous17 June 2008 at 10:46:00 CEST

    Thanks a lot for that post. Just heard, more than one month after the fact, the sad news that Jimmy Giuffre had passed away. I suppose the main reason why the reformed trio didn't carry on much longer was that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1994 and started losing his dexterity.
    I heard the trio live in Paris on two occasions, in 1993 and 1995. By 1995 Giuffre was beginning to look frail and had to be escorted on and off the stage by Bley and Swallow. The music was splendid as ever -- lean, witty and deeply humane. He was a wise man, a great musician and will be much missed.

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  11. Sunmyth3 November 2008 at 03:51:00 CET

    I absolutely can't wait to hear this! I'm back and I'll be re-upping the links on my blog within a few weeks. In the mean time,I have a lot of catching up to do as far as downloads go.
    great post!

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  12. matt w13 July 2010 at 03:23:00 CEST

    Belated thanks for the post! Track 7 is "All the Things You Are."

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  13. duck7 July 2012 at 08:16:00 CEST

    Thanks for this, I found a really nice picture of Giuffre and Bley to add to the files.

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  14. francisco santos11 July 2016 at 18:23:00 CEST

    re post, please...
    THX!...

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