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Western Suite
| Recorded | 1958 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
| Catalog | SD-1330 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Discogs | master 512429 |
The record
The drummerless Giuffre 3 with Bob Brookmeyer and Jim Hall -- folk-tinged chamber jazz sketched in clarinet, valve trombone, and guitar.
Contemporary reception
An untiring experimenter, the work that Giuffre has accomplished with this unconventional, rhythmless trio is climaxed in the “Western Suite,” a four-part, classically-built suite that is written down for the most part but has some improvisation. The recording requires concentrated listening and it’s worth the effort, for Giuffre has many rewarding things to say for jazz. Side two contains extended readings of two jazz standards which fit into the same mood -- “Topsy” and “Blue Monk.”
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 20 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Atlantic · 1330 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1960 | Atlantic · SD-1330 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| — | Atlantic · SMJ 7014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Atlantic · SD-1330 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Atlantic · 1330 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono |
| 1969 | Atlantic · SD-1330 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Warner Bros. Records · P-6037A — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1992 | Atlantic — MONO |
| 1998 | Atlantic · 7567-80777-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Digipak |
| 1998 | Atlantic · AMCY-1217 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2003 | Atlantic · 7567-80777-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Digipak |
| 2007 | Atlantic · WPCR-25160 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2012 | Atlantic · WPCR-27080 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2015 | Atlantic · SD-1330 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |