The Easy Way
Studio album by
The Jimmy Giuffre 3
Released1959
RecordedAugust 6 & 7, 1959
StudioUniversal Recording, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length40:14
LabelVerve
MGV 8337
ProducerKen Drunker
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
(1959)		 The Easy Way
(1959)		 Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Mobiles
(1960)

The Easy Way is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1959.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
DownBeat[4]

Ken Dryden of Allmusic states: "Jimmy Giuffre's small-group recordings of the late '50s and early '60s are renowned for his lyrical tone and intimate chamber jazz settings".[3] On All About Jazz Joshua Weiner wrote "The almost psychic interplay here between Giuffre and Hall is typical of the 3, but Brown is a real surprise. He sounds glad to be liberated from the relative stricture of Oscar Peterson's trio, fitting seamlessly into Giuffre's conception while still providing a strong, swinging pulse".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre unless noted.

  1. "The Easy Way" – 5:56
  2. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) – 4:54
  3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:32
  4. "Careful" (Jim Hall) – 6:30
  5. "Ray's Time" – 7:00
  6. "A Dream" – 2:09
  7. "Off Center" – 4:41
  8. "Montage" – 1:51
  9. "Time Enough" – 2:41

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
  2. ↑ Jimmy Giuffre Catalog accessed July 6, 2015
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. The Easy Way – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gleason, Ralph J. (31 March 1960). "Jimmy Giuffre: The Easy Way". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 7. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Weiner, J., All About Jazz Review, October 14, 2003


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