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The Music Man (full title Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man) is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre featuring tunes from Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical, The Music Man which was released on the Atlantic label in February 1958.
James Peter Giuffre (/ ˈdʒuːfri /, Italian pronunciation: [dʒufˈfre]; April 26, 1921 [1] – April 24, 2008) [2] was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.
In 1959, jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre released Jimmy Giuffre and His Music Men Play The Music Man, consisting of jazz arrangements of tunes from the musical. [49] " Till There Was You" was covered by Anita Bryant in 1959 as a single for Carlton Records , reaching No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 50 ]
- Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
- 1983
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The Music Man by Jimmy Giuffre released in 1958. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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The full title is: Jimmy Giuffre & His Music Men Play "The Music Man". This is the first LP Giuffre has undertaken in which the original music of the entire album was written by someone other than himself.
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The Music Man (full title Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play The Music Man) is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre featuring tunes from Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical, The Music Man which was released on the Atlantic label in February 1958.
