JIMMY GIUFFRE 3 / (1956-58) / Jim Hall / Atlantic 1254 / 2CD

The term JAZZ TRIO typically means A RHYTHM SECTION: Piano, Bass and Drums

or Piano, Bass and Guitar. Quite a few courageous jazzmen made jazz without

a piano; Gerry Mulligan comes to mind. Far fewer formed a jazz TRIO without a

a piano and at least one of them did this without drums: Jimmy Giuffre


CD #1 contains studio recordings and CD #2 contains recordings made for TV

and the Newport jazz festival. Although 4 of the titles are repeated on both

CD's the music is nearly 50% improvised so each take is going to be singular.



Consider this another tribute to JIM HALL who expired last week.....One of my

favorites....




R.I.P. JIM and thanks for enriching music culture with your recordings and

talent. I wish I could have heard you perform "live."