Thurs. 30 Nov.

21:00 Tribute to Jimmy Giuffre Fusion

Jesus Maria - Gerald Preinfalk Trio
Emphasis - Michael Fischer Trio
In the Mornings Out There - Josef Novotny Trio
Scootin' About - Arnulf Lindner Trio
Cry, Want - Bertl Mütter Trio
Brief Hesitation - Trio O -- Hautzinger/Deppe/Weißensteiner
Venture - Trio N -- Scherer/Dickbauer/Tang
Afternoon - Stefan Aschböck Trio
Trudgin' - Christian Muthspiel Trio

Fusion recorded, New York, 3.3.1961, Verve, remixed, Oslo, June 1990, ECM 1438 Original Line Up: Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet; Paul Bley, piano; Steve Swallow, bass. "That drive that makes for pulsation must be inside you. I don't understand the necessity for someone to prod you. In what we are doing, there wasn't a rhythm section sound to cover anything up and it was essential for each player to be constantly aware of the requirements of his own sound quality that would blend with the group and that would also keep it moving. Each of us had to be something like a juggler. If you have three musicians who have the musical capacity and temperament to really play together, you don't need a conventional rhythm section or a conventional anything." (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)

"The main idea is to present a trio doing the kind of material they are doing in person. My idea is to have a unified group rather than soloists with background." (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)

"It has been said that when Jazz gets soft it loses its gusto and funkiness. It is my feeling that soft jazz can retain the basic flavour and intensity that it has at a louder volume and at the same time perhaps reveal some new dimensions of feeling that loudness obscures." (Jimmy Giuffre, 1961)

"Jimmy Giuffre shifted the course of jazz history when, inspired by Debussy's sonata for flute, viola and harp, he decided to form a drummerless improvising trio." (Steve Lake -- Reissue liner notes, ECM 1992)

James Peter "Jimmy" Giuffre (born 26 April 1921 in Dallas, Texas) influenced the general course of jazz as c