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Giuffre, Jimmy

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Personal name headingGiuffre, Jimmy
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Variant(s)Giuffre, James Peter
Giuffre, Jimmy, 1921-2008
Guiffre, Jimmy
See alsoJimmy Giuffre 3
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Jimmy Giuffre-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
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Jimmy Giuffre Four
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Birth date19210426
Death date20080324
Place of birthDallas, Tex.
Place of deathPittsfield, Mass.
Field of activityjazz
Profession or occupationclarinetist composer
Found inHis Sketch-orks, c1957.
His The sheepherder, 1985, c1956: t.p. (Jimmy Giuffre) t.p. verso (b. 4/26/21, Dallas, Tex.)
Library of Congress Music Division concert, 1962-06-03 [SR] 1962: program (James Peter Giuffre, b. 1921)
Blowin' the blues [SR] 1959: label (Jimmy Guiffre)
New York times WWW site, Apr. 28, 2008 (in obituary published Apr. 26: Jimmy Giuffre; b. Apr. 26, 1921, Dallas; d. Thursday [Apr. 24, 2008], Pittsfield, Mass., aged 86; adventurous clarinetist, composer, and arranger whose 50-year journey through jazz led him from writing the Woody Herman anthem "Four brothers" through minimalist, drummerless trios to striking experimental orchestral works)