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Tangents in Jazz
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Tangents in Jazz is Jimmy Giuffre's second album and was released on Capitol. The recording took place in June 1955 at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, in three sessions. Giuffre played clarinet, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone. He was accompanied by the trumpeter Jack Sheldon, the bassist Ralph Peña and the drummer Artie Anton. There is no piano, which keeps the sound open and light.
Giuffre wrote nine of the ten tracks himself. Only This Is My Beloved is by Vernon Duke. Four short pieces are called Scintilla and run like a thread through the record. According to AllMusic's overview, the emphasis is on a Cool Jazz tone and relaxed improvisation, with hints of folk music, but sounding very modern for its time.
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Track list
- 1Scintilla I0:57Apple Music ↗
- 2Finger Snapper2:39Apple Music ↗
- 3Lazy Tones4:16Apple Music ↗
- 4Scintilla II2:31Apple Music ↗
- 5Chirpin' Time5:53Apple Music ↗
- 6This Is My Beloved3:35Apple Music ↗
- 7The Leprechaun6:42Apple Music ↗
- 8Scintilla III1:41Apple Music ↗
- 9Rhetoric3:30Apple Music ↗
- 10Scintilla IV0:57Apple Music ↗
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