Name: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & Trav'lin Light
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Jimmy Giuffre

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Elemental Records

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Jazz

Jimmy Giuffre was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and artist. Born on April 26, 1921 in Dallas, Texas, he became a prominent figure in the jazz scene. With his unique style and innovative approach to music, Giuffre left a lasting impact on the genre.

Throughout his career, Giuffre collaborated with various artists including *Lennie Tristano*, *Andrew Hill*, *Lee Konitz*, and many others. His musical talent extended beyond playing instruments as he also composed and arranged music.

Giuffre's contributions to jazz were recognized worldwide. He passed away on April 24, 2008 at the age of 86 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Despite his departure from this world, his legacy lives on through his timeless recordings and influential body of work.

Elemental Music is a label specializing in newly discovered archival or out-of-print jazz and other classic genres. Founded in 2012, this label is the brainchild of American producer Zev Feldman and Spanish producer Jordi Soley. With a passion for unearthing hidden musical gems, Elemental Music brings you *the best* of jazz and classic genres that have been long forgotten.

Established on December 19, 2012, Elemental Music Records SL (NIF/CIF: B65934325) has quickly made a name for itself in the music industry. Led by Zev Feldman and Jordi Soley, this label has become synonymous with quality reissues and rare finds from the world of jazz and other classic genres.

At Elemental Music, we pride ourselves on our ability to bring you *unforgettable* music experiences. Whether it's discovering previously unheard tracks or reliving timeless classics, our catalog is carefully curated to ensure that every release is a masterpiece. Join us on this musical journey as we uncover hidden treasures from the past and introduce them to new generations of music lovers.

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In late 1957, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and iconoclast Jimmy Giuffre broke up the original Jimmy Giuffre 3 with Ralph Pena and Jim Hall. In early 1958, for a recording session, he formed a new trio without a rhythm section. For the album Trav'lin' Light, his new trio included Hall on guitar and the underrated trombone giant Bob Brookmeyer. For a year, they gigged together up and down the West Coast and played summer festivals, recorded, and even played clubs in New York. They became a trio of adventurous musicians for whom form was not an obstacle to creativity. As the year wound down, Giuffre wanted to document the trio once more, sensing its life was coming to an end. He composed the four-movement Western Suite with the trio's strengths in mind, as a way of documenting how they had come together as a band during that year. The piece itself stands as a crowning achievement in a career that included discovering the talents of Steve Swallow and Paul Bley and making the truly revolutionary recording "Free Fall" for Columbia three years later. The roots of that thinking lie in this set. Jim Hall's playing was dark, funky, ambiguous, sounding like drums and voices all at the same time -- particularly in the fourth movement. Brookmeyer became the pace setter. His lines were played as stage settings for the other two players to dialogue and narrate against. Giuffre, ever the storyteller, advanced the improvisation angle and wrote his score so that each player had to stand on his own as part of the group; there were no comfort zones. Without a rhythm section, notions of interval, extensions, interludes, and so on were out the window. He himself played some of his most restrained yet adventurous solos in the confines of this trio and within the form of this suite. It swung like West Coast jazz, but felt as ambitious as Copland's "Billy The Kid".

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