The Jimmy Giuffre Trio
Biography
The Jimmy Giuffre 3 is any of several trios lead by Jimmy Giuffre between 1956 and 1963. The first consisted of Giuffre (primarily playing clarinet), Jim Hall on guitar, and bassist Ralph Pena (later Jim Atlas). They had a minor hit in 1957 with "The Train and the River". In 1958, Atlas was replaced by valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer; the instrumentation for this unusual trio without a rhythm section was supposedly inspired by Claude Debussy. During 1959 and 1960
