The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4 - New York Concerts

Deluxe 2CD Set

Re-Mastered from the original tapes

28-Page booklet with rare & previously unseen photos

“These recordings were never going to be released, but as soon as I heard them, I knew I had to do everything in my power to make these performances public for the first time in almost 50 years. I first discovered the tapes in July 2012, while on a New York business trip. Upon first hearing these recordings I was mesmerized by Jimmy Giuffre’s style of play. It was nothing like the LPs I had collected from his years in Capitol, Atlantic, or Verve. These performances were free, adventurous, and unexpected. As Bob Blumenthal mentions in his liner notes, these recordings also mark a reappearance of the tenor saxophone for Giuffre, who had been playing the clarinet almost exclusively. George Klabin recorded these two concerts in 1965 while a student at Columbia University and the jazz programming director at WKCR-FM. These recordings aired only once on his radio show and remained tucked away until now”. Zev Feldman

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. SYNCOPATE 7:50
2. Intro 0:37
3. CROSSROADS 7:47
4. DRIVE 11:39
5. QUADRANGLE 3:52
6. ANGLES 4:32

Personnel:

JIMMY GIUFFRE, clarinet & tenor sax RICHARD DAVIS, bass JOE CHAMBERS, drums Recorded at Judson Hall, New York City, September 3, 1965.

Disc 2

1 SYNCOPATE 8:20
2 QUADRANGLE 7:06
3 THREE BARS IN ONE 8:50
4 CRY, WANT 9:40
5 ANGLES 8:10
6 DRIVE 8:06

Personnel:

JIMMY GIUFFRE, clarinet & tenor sax DON FRIEDMAN, piano BARRE PHILLIPS, bass JOE CHAMBERS, drums Recorded at Wollman Auditorium at Columbia University, New York City, May 19, 1965.  

Credits:

All compositions by JIMMY GIUFFRE (Beach Music Co. BMI) except “Crossroads” by ORNETTE COLEMAN (Contemporary Music BMI).

Produced by Zev Feldman.

Executive producer: Jordi Soley.

Mixing, Mastering, and Sound Restoration by George Klabin & Fran Gala at Resonance Records Studios, Beverly Hills.

Front & Back cover photos by Herb Snitzer.