Jimmy Giuffre, R.I.P.

[gslade]

A personal favorite

Thank you Mr. Giuffre for your inspiration

[gslade]

Those of you wanting to send condolences to Jimmy's wife can address them to:

Juanita Odjenar Giuffre

Stone Mill

46 Main Street

W. Stockbridge, MA 01266

Thank you for the information

[clifford_thornton]

Away for two weeks and this is what happens.

Shit motherfucker shit.

RIP, Jimmy, and thank you for so much - more than anyone here or at WKCR could convey.

[Late]

Wow...didn't know he went to North Texas State University. That's where I went....

Me too — and I think it was actually called North Texas State Teacher's College when Giuffre was there. My first year there (I was only there two years) was the year it became the "University of North Texas." Before that it was more famously North Texas State University. Julius Hemphill went to North Texas, and Rudresh Mahanthappa spent two years there (we were in the same dorm) before transferring to Berklee.

EKE BBB — that CD with Barre Phillips and Don Friedman is nice. Guy (brownie) gifted me that disc!

Giuffre's spirit will live on through his music without question. I like that he was probably the only saxophonist to use a clarinetist's embouchre when playing the tenor and baritone — hence his somewhat unusual handle on those horns.

A true original.

[A Lark Ascending]

Sad to hear this - I've been away at the weekend. Heard about Humph but not JG.

I've been listening to quite a bit of his music in the last couple of months. In some ways a bit of a pioneer for the approach to jazz that is covered by labels like ECM or ACT.

I saw him once in an upstairs pub room with basist Ron Mathewson - a memorable gig.

[Shrdlu]

Bird was a "windy loudmouth"???

Yes, Jimmy's style was very different from Bird's, but there's no need for such sour grapes. Ludicrous.

[clifford_thornton]

But hyperbole is always welcome.

[JSngry]

Bird was a "windy loudmouth"???

Yes, Jimmy's style was very different from Bird's, but there's no need for such sour grapes. Ludicrous.

I think there was no small amount of tongue-in-cheekness involved.

[BruceH]

Sad news. RIP, Jimmy.

[Lazaro Vega]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=90004452

[clifford_thornton]

Bird was a "windy loudmouth"???

Yes, Jimmy's style was very different from Bird's, but there's no need for such sour grapes. Ludicrous.

I think there was no small amount of tongue-in-cheekness involved.

It is sad that more people around here don't get that.

I'm starting to reconcile Chuck and Clem here a bit more these days...

[catesta]

R.I.P., Jimmy.

[(BB)]

It's hard for me to put into words how much this man's music has meant and will continue to mean to me. RIP

[danasgoodstuff]

I know I should be able to figure it out myself, but is there sheet music for "The Train & the River" available?

And RIP Mr Giuffre.

[paul secor]

Bird was a "windy loudmouth"???

Yes, Jimmy's style was very different from Bird's, but there's no need for such sour grapes. Ludicrous.

I think there was no small amount of tongue-in-cheekness involved.

It is sad that more people around here don't get that.

I'm starting to reconcile Chuck and Clem here a bit more these days...

Hope that last sentence was tongue in cheek.