Western Suite

Album by Jimmy Giuffre & Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall

Western Suite is a 1958 studio album by American jazz composer and clarinettist Jimmy Giuffre. It has cool-jazz chamber textures and sparse arrangements for reeds, trombone and a rhythm section, with written and improvised counterpoint that shows his move towards smaller ensembles and a chamber-jazz approach in his career.

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  1. 1.
    Western Suite I. Pony Express
    5:53
  2. 2.
    Western Suite II. Apaches
    4:14
  3. 3.
    Western Suite III. Saturday Night Dance
    2:55
  4. 4.
    Western Suite IV. Big Pow Wow
    4:58
  5. 5.
    Topsy
    11:28
  6. 6.
    Blue Monk
    8:51

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