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Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre has been played on NTS shows including NTS Guide to…, with Ode To Switzerland first played on 21 April 2017.

James Peter Giuffre (April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Giuffre (pronounced "Joo-fray") was a graduate of Dallas Technical High School and North Texas State Teachers College (now the University of North Texas). He first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman's big band, for…

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Ode To Switzerland
Jimmy Giuffre
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Ode To Switzerland
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Ode To Switzerland
Jimmy Giuffre
Atlantic1959
Ode To Switzerland
Jimmy GiuffreAtlantic1959
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Revelations (First Movement)
George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller
Columbia1958
Revelations (First Movement)
George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther SchullerColumbia1958
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Suspensions
George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller
Columbia1958
Suspensions
George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther SchullerColumbia1958
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England`s Carol
The Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy Giuffre
Atlantic1982
England`s Carol
The Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy GiuffreAtlantic1982
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