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Jimmy Giuffre

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Jimmy Giuffre is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Carla Bley, Aaron Copland, Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Giuffre arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Van Morrison, Woody Herman, Paul Bley, Shelly Manne and Jim Hall, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Jimmy Giuffre, reaching back through Carla Bley and forward to Van Morrison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

James Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jimmy GiuffreCarla BleyAaron CoplandAlbert AylerArchie SheppVan MorrisonWoody HermanPaul BleyShelly ManneJim HallBob BrookmeyerChet BakerRay BrownPaul BleyLee KonitzOrnette ColemanWayne ShorterFreddie Hubbard

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Jimmy Giuffre connections

Jimmy Giuffre grew out of Carla Bley, Aaron Copland, Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, shares an orbit with Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, went on to shape Van Morrison, Woody Herman, Paul Bley and Shelly Manne. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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