The Easy Way (Jimmy Giuffre album) explained

The Easy Way
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Jimmy Giuffre 3
Cover:	The Easy Way.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	August 6 & 7, 1959
Studio:	Universal Recording, Chicago, IL
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:14
Label:	Verve MGV 8337
Producer:	Ken Drunker
Chronology:	Jimmy Giuffre
Prev Title:	Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Mobiles
Next Year:	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

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". 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".^[3]

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

• Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar Ray Brown – bass

Notes and References

1. Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-giuffre/catalog/#verve-mgv-8337 Jimmy Giuffre Catalog
3. Weiner, J., All About Jazz Review, October 14, 2003