JIMMY GIUFFRE - Three Classic Albums Plus (7 Pieces / Ad Lib / In Person) (2 CDs)

AVID Jazz here presents three classic Jimmy Giuffre albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.For our second foray into the musical world of Jimmy Giuffre we have selected three great albums “7 Pieces”, “Ad Lib”, “In Person” and three tracks from “The Four Brothers Sound” (with more to follow on a future release).Appropriately seven Giuffre compositions appear on “7 Pieces” which features Giuffre on clarinet, tenor and baritone sax, Jim Hall on guitar and Red Mitchell on drums, with legendary recording engineer Bones Howe at the controls. The Jimmy Giuffre 4 line up for “Ad Lib” features Giuffre on clarinet and tenor sax, Jimmy Rowles on piano, Red Mitchell on bass and Lawrence Marable on drums. Here Jimmy Giuffre is featured on, (in his own words from the original liner notes) “a blowing album” where he is found as an…. “unapologising and unprotected improvising soloist”. Again in Giuffre’s words…..”now all six tracks make complete