Thesis (album)

Thesis
Studio album by Jimmy Giuffre
Released	1961
Recorded	August 7–8, 1961
Genre	Jazz, West Coast jazz, cool jazz, third stream, chamber jazz
Length	34:31
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor, reissue: Manfred Eicher and Jean-Philippe Allard
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Fusion (1961) Thesis (1961) Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 (1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]

Thesis is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.

The trio on the recording was Giuffre's second drummerless group. He said at the time that the trio was “searching for a free sense of tonality and form”.^[3]

It was remastered, remixed and re-released by ECM in 1992 as a double-album with the trio's other 1961 Verve recording, Fusion (with three previously unissued tracks from the August sessions).

Track listing

1. "Ictus" (Carla Bley) - 2:44
2. "That's True, That's True" - 4:41
3. "Sonic" - 4:44
4. "Whirrrr" - 4:54
5. "Carla" (Paul Bley) - 4:35
6. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 4:56
7. "Flight" - 3:21
8. "The Gamut" - 4:37

Additional tracks on 1992 ECM reissue:

1. "Me Too" - 5:03
2. "Temporarily" (Carla Bley) - 6:09
3. "Herb & Ictus" - 0:44

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre, except as otherwise noted.

Personnel

• Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet
• Paul Bley - piano
• Steve Swallow - bass

References

1. Jurek, Thom (2011). "Thesis - Jimmy Giuffre | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
2. Down Beat: October 25, 1962 vol. 29, no. 27
3. Quoted by Steve Lake in sleevenotes for 1992 reissue