Dragonfly (Jimmy Giuffre album)

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Dragonfly
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Studio album by
The Jimmy Giuffre 4
Released1983
RecordedJanuary 14 & 15, 1983
RBY Recording Studio, Southbury, CT
Genre Jazz
Length38:06
Label Soul Note
SN 1058
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
IAI Festival
(1978)		Dragonfly
(1983)		 Quasar
(1985)

Dragonfly is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1983. [1] [2]

Jimmy Giuffre American clarinet and saxophone player

James Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.

Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Ron Wynn of Allmusic states: "Giuffre enters the 80s with a bang". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre except as indicated

  1. "Dragonfly" - 5:05
  2. "Cool" - 5:45
  3. "In Between" - 4:37
  4. "Moonlight" - 4:40
  5. "J to J" - 4:02
  6. "Sad Truth" - 3:10
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 5:27
  8. "Squirrels" - 5:20

Personnel

Soprano saxophone the third smallest member of the saxophone family

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass saxophone and tubax. Soprano saxophones are the smallest saxophone in common use.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Clarinet type of woodwind instrument

The clarinet is a family of woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist.

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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 Wynn, Ron. Dragonfly – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 8, 2015.
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