Last reissued as a Pausa LP simply titled Jimmy Giuffre, this album has
Giuffre's first recordings as a leader, three sessions that resulted in ten selections. Switching between tenor, clarinet and baritone,
Giuffre is heard in a quartet and quintet with trumpeter
Jack Sheldon and with
Sheldon in a pianoless septet also including
Shorty Rogers on flugelhorn, altoist
Bud Shank and valve trombonist
Bob Enevoldsen. The leader wrote eight of the ten songs (including a remake of his biggest hit "Four Brothers"), several of which show off his growing interest in both folk and classical musics. Fine performances, but this album will be difficult to find.