Ad Lib (album)

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Ad Lib
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Studio album by
The Jimmy Giuffre 4
Released1960
RecordedJanuary 1959
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
MGV 8361
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Western Suite
(1958)		Ad Lib
(1960)		 7 Pieces
(1959)

Ad Lib is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1960. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre except as indicated

  1. "I Got Those Blues" – 9:02
  2. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 8:36
  3. "I Hear Red" – 8:18
  4. "The Boy Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 7:32
  5. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 8:54
  6. "Problems" – 8:11

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
  2. ↑ Jimmy Giuffre Catalog accessed July 6, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed July 6, 2015


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