Free Fall (Jimmy Giuffre album)

Free Fall
Studio album by Jimmy Giuffre as Jimmy Giuffre 3
Released	March 1963[1]
Recorded	July 9 – November 1, 1962
Studio	Columbia Studio, NYC
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, cool jazz, free jazz
Length	56:57
Label	Columbia
Producer	Michael Cuscuna, Teo Macero
Jimmy Giuffre as Jimmy Giuffre 3 chronology
Flight, Bremen 1961 (1961) Free Fall (1963) Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	👑[3]

Free Fall is a studio album by Jimmy Giuffre, released in 1963.[4] Allmusic considers it "one of the most revolutionary recordings to come out of the 1960s," and the Penguin Guide to Jazz awards it a "crown" and includes it in its "Core Collection" list.[5][6][7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimmy Giuffre

Side A

1. Propulsion - 1:44
2. Threewe - 4:11
3. Ornothoids - 2:42
4. Dichotomy - 3:57
5. Man Alone - 2:16
6. Spasmodic - 3:22

Side B

1. Yggdrasill - 2:33
2. Divided Man - 1:52
3. Primordial Call - 2:17
4. The Five Ways - 10:20

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. Present Notion - 3:41
2. Motion Suspended - 3:15
3. Future Plans - 3:55
4. Past Mistakes - 2:05
5. Time Will Tell - 3:49
6. Let's See - 3:25

Personnel

• Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet
• Paul Bley - piano (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 12)
• Steve Swallow - double bass (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12)

References

1. Billboard Mar 2, 1963
2. Free Fall at AllMusic
3. "Penguin Guide to Jazz: 4-Star Records in 8th Edition". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. Columbia Main Series, Part 15: CL 1900-1999/CS 8700-8799 (1962-1963), accessed July 20, 2016
5. Free Fall - Jimmy Giuffre 3 | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-09-12
6. "Penguin Guide to Jazz: Crown Albums List". www.tomhull.com. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
7. "Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List". www.tomhull.com. Retrieved 2024-09-12.