The Easy Way [Original recording remastered]

Jimmy Giuffre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B000094T50
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very underrated player, March 16, 2007

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Zachary Young (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Easy Way (Audio CD)

Giuffre has the most sensitive, lyrical style of any jazz clarinetist I've ever heard. Jim Hall and Ray Brown are wonderful as well; the three of them have such perfectly complementary styles. The recording has a very intimate feel, which really highlights the counterpoint between the instruments. This was only a few years before Giuffre's move to free jazz, and you can already hear some of the more adventurous elements that would come to characterize his playing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy Giuffre Lives!, March 23, 2009

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Owen D. Summers "Owen Summers" (Austin, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Easy Way (Audio CD)

This is "chamber jazz" at it's finest and most intimate. Jimmy's compositional skills are on display throughout this album along with one composition by Hall, Mack the Knife, and Come Rain or Come Shine. The title track is a sensitive, easy swinging number that really delves into the harmony and probably my favorite track on the album. What is so great about this group is that they produce a true ensemble sound like a good string quartet instead of being a collection of great players. The music here is deep and poignant, like everything Jimmy did.