River Chant

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River Chant
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Studio album by
Jimmy Giuffre Three
Released1975
RecordedApril 25, 1975
Macdonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY
Genre Jazz
Length43:02
Label Choice
CRS 1011
Producer Gerry Macdonald
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes
(1972)		River Chant
(1975)		 IAI Festival
(1978)

River Chant is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Choice label in 1975. [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.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre

  1. "Tree People" - 5:53
  2. "Elephant" - 5:45
  3. "Tibetan Sun" - 4:12
  4. "The Train and the River" - 5:40
  5. "The Tide Is In" - 3:45
  6. "River Chant" - 4:03
  7. "Om" - 4:40
  8. "The Listening" - 4:35
  9. "Celebration" - 4:33

Personnel

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.

Flute musical instrument of the woodwind family

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly, fluter or flutenist.

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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 8, 2015
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