Western Suite
Western Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Atlantic label in 1960.
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| Released | Late June/early July 1960 | |||
| Recorded | December 3, 1958 Atlantic Studios, NYC and Lenox, MA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic LP 1330 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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Featuring an unusual trio of clarinet, guitar and valve trombone, the first half of Western Suite is devoted to Giuffre's country music/folk-inspired suite, while the second half features a lengthy and abstract version of the big band standard "Topsy" and a Thelonious Monk song.
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