Jimmy Giuffre

[ruscara]

Has been a favourite of mine for more than forty years - so great to find it on YouTube!

[busessuck1]

@ablackchaneldress ...good for you

[warmjet]

someone please where is this clip from. best version ever.

[monksatya]

Genius

[carletonhoffman]

i think that must be from the 1957 tv show i was lucky enuf to see as a boy.

a different version was released on Colombia's The Sound of Jazz album, one of the selections we received after i persuaded my father to join their record club under the jazz division. still have it in mono and recently bot the cd. as an old man now i still think this is one of the most beautiful compositions i've ever heard and it still gives me chills. i'm pretty sure it's Jim Hall on guitar and Jim Atlas on bass.

[itineris0circulus]

LISTEN TO THE RIVER LISTEN TO THE RIVER LISTEN TO THE RIVER LISTEN TO RIVER. 

[dspaneas]

Fantastic--Jimmy was my teacher and incredibly influential--thank you for posting this!

[123must]

Some giant s of jazz

[JacobShulman]

That's a crazy mouthpiece angle, Mr. Clarinet. Sounds great though!

[55022RSG]

In memory of my good friend who loved this song,

John Gough 1940-2010 RIP

[DukeOfValhalla]

z0Mgz he has the same last name as me, i found him on google images xD

[timquale]

JIMMY GIUFFRE IS A FREAKIN' GOD !

[bcgibbins]

this is just so unbelievably coool ....

[toolram]

that man jim hall again, and another lesson on how and when *not* to play the guitar

[luigibaritoni]

lonely king of all music ever...

[skaworld509]

Their performance of this song at Newport Jazz (Jazz on a Summers Day) has been removed.Maybe it was my comment about Bob Brookmeyer looking like Agent Smith (Matrix).No disrespect meant..

[gmtdiato]

Thank you!!! probably my favourite tune.

First heard on one of my aunt's e.p.s,

c.1960.[Ralph Pena on bass?]

[coppens]

@gmtdiato I'm quite sure it's Jim Atlas on bass here.

[Vict0ri0s0]

I agree with you ironbrigade6.

[ogeskimo]

I'm a guitarist and I hardly like any jazz guitarists (I respect them but rarely listen) but this trio stuff w/ Hall and Giuffre is crazy good. Been listening to the collection a lot lately.

[ironbrigade6]

Can't believe this is the only video of Giuffre on youtube...

[rooberxxx]

Jimmy Giuffre the best

[madpop17]

I just went to a performance at Berklee in which a former teacher of mine, Darrell Katz arranged this tune. R.I.P. Giuffre

[JazzmanBerlin]

This is a really fantastic swingin' and groovy tune, all over the years one of my special favorites. But i also would have a big pleasure to see the version opening "Jazz on a summers day" here.

Best wishes to all oher Fans

[oldschooldeluxe]

This is so hip. It blows my mind.

[sukitawdryvideo]

The two saxophones featured are, in order, baritone and tenor, either side of the clarinet. Both necks have been modified to approximate the configuration of an alto! Giuffre obviously liked them that way. And what a classic this piece is!!

[valvetrom]

Maybe the MP angle suited him better,more downhill like the clarinet,his obviously first lave.

[goodysun]

Which, I've just noticed, is on here! A top start to what must have been an amazing day. Oh for a time machine!

[goodysun]

This is the number he plays on 'Jazz on a Summer's day'. Check it out, it's totally swinging!

[jgrodnik]

I think that's Ralph Pena on bass. I wore this record out when it came out in the late '50s. Beautiful. Thanks.

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

It's not a "folk song". It's a Giuffre original.

[jazzbox111]

This is just so great! Its so different from the CD, its a whole new arrangement. Just gold! I think its EDDIE GOMEZ on bass. Just a gorgeous sound, its so spiritual sounding.

[mstcraig]

Actually, it's Jim Atlas on Bass :)

[Soul74]

Anybody know the bass player?

[dspaneas]

Jimmy was my teacher; thank you for posting this, it's great.

[Zosh1]

He's playing a baritone sax, I believe.

[basketballgirl258]

ya. i play the bari and that's how the neck is curved...

[u89worlds]

adios dear sensei.

a bientot

[leoh79]

Goodnight Jimmy, you were loved.

[theBmanlive]

Wow. So good to see this again.Saw it it on TV as a kid and it made a huge impression on me. There was/is no-one like him. Thanks for posting.

[bilsms]

Wonderful music. Has anyone noticed the unusual sax neck Jim is using in this film clip? Im guessing he likes the way the clarinet reed lays against the lower lip and probably had his tenor neck modified to copy it. bilsms

[tarasco001]

WOW....I'd heard OF him but hadn't yet heard him...

RIP Mr. Giuffre...thanks for making the world a better place...

[freejazzfree]

RIP & much respect

[jmoellen]

It is sorta depressing to learn about people through their obits. I had never heard about him before. RIP, man...

[sfneil]

Goodbye, Jimmy. Thanks for all of the wonderful music!

[nedroom]

The original 'talent deserving of wider recognition'. Jimmy Giuffre, you were a true creative master, thanks for your transcendent music....

[shuffleboil]

Man, Jimmy is gone..... Free Fall is my all time favourite album.... thanks for this memory......

[thisidigofyou]

Rest In Peace, Jimmy, thanks for the fantastic and challenging music!

[Weirdomusic]

Sad news: Jimmy died yesterday (april 24).

[ruglenjock]

Classic! No other word will do.

[mbannister1]

except MAGIC!!

from KwaZulu Natal (SA)

[neve1073]

jimmy giuffre 3!!

[bandedenazes]

It's just... great !!!

[Bijtje2]

Great! I rembered this music: about 40 years ago I heard it on radio and never heard it again. Found it back: thanks to Google

[watski]

gorgeous sounds and group interaction, love it

[obmomkinob]

What a treat. Jimmy Giuffre is my grandfather's cousin. We found out about him when my son picked up the sax and people started to ask us if we knew of him. Barely knew my grandfather, Labre Guiffre, who played coronet in the army band, and never got to meet Jimmy, but recognize the family hairline! What a treat to get a little glimpse of family history--thanks so much.

[thulittwo]

Awesome and delicate. Some of the finest music of the century. Still underrated.

[Mingus18]

Giuffre kills! Love this song.

[QUANTUMLORD18]

Man this is cool! I wish he'd of stayed on clarinet longer, and used his middle register a bit. Still and all, a great clip of one of the original 4BROTHERS. By the way:Getz reckons they were really called: THE 4 MOTHERS!

[clarkeharris]

I saw the trio perform this at the Newport Jazz festival...I think in 1958. There was a movie made of that Festival which appears now and then, but this piece was not in the movie, I didn't think he played bari either. Beautiful cut...thanks for sharing

[ruglenjock]

It surely is in the movie. I watched it last night.

[saanzacs]

Rare stuff!!!

[AMALTEO]

grazie per il video

per non dimenticare Jimmy Giuffre

[Mingus18]

Such an amzing song, no one sounds like the Jimmy Giuffre 3, folk and jazz an unlikely pair-they made it work.

[seraphimseven]

This is just great.  Thanks for sharing this.

[pedreau]

Couldn't agree more! Thanks! This video clip might be taken from "The Sound of Jazz" that aired on CBS, sunday, 12/8/57. My late father would play the Giuffre trio's album for us many times, called their style of playing "jazz chamber music".

[emtube]

Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall, two of the most sensitive ears in the business.

Blazed new trails, eventually leading to total improvisation, like Ornette but so different, sometimes sounding like Webern in his sparse, meaningful choice of notes.

Thanks for sharing this great performance!

[upjumpedspring]

Thank you sky50 for posting this incredible and rare video of Jimmy Giuffre. His airy sound was unique and the paucity of his solos was haunting and beautiful.

[Mingus18]

For sure man I get chills when I listen to "The Green Country"-or any of his songs for that matter.

[ScaryL]

Jim Hall never sounded better.