The Easy Way

The Jimmy Giuffre 3 · 1959 · Morceau-titre du trio Giuffre sans batterie

Context

Title track of the album recorded in Chicago on 6 and 7 August 1959 for Verve (duration 5:56), composed by Jimmy Giuffre. The trio comprises Giuffre, Jim Hall and a bassist named Brown.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Careful (1959)
• Ray's Time (1959)
• The Train and the River (1957)
• The Side Pipers (1956)
• The Sheepherder (1956)
• Quiet Cook (1956)

Sources

• EN: The Easy Way (Jimmy Giuffre album)

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