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Free Fall
Studio album by Jimmy Giuffre as Jimmy Giuffre 3
Released	March 1963
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)

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Penguin Guide to Jazz	👑

Free Fall is a studio album by Jimmy Giuffre, released in 1963. 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.

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.

• 1963 albums
• Jimmy Giuffre albums
• Columbia Records albums