Jimmy Giuffre

clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones · 1921–2008 · Dallas

Central figure of West Coast and cool jazz, author of the arrangement Four Brothers (1947) for Woody Herman. With Paul Bley and Steve Swallow, he explored entirely free improvisation on Free Fall (1963).

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Styles

• West Coast
• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• The Train and the River (1957)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Jan 20, 2026: Jimmy Giuffre, portrait intime de l'Amérique (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

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