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Thesis is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.

Thesis
Studio album by Jimmy Giuffre
Released	1961
Recorded	August 4, 1961
Genre	Jazz, West Coast jazz, cool jazz, third stream, chamber jazz
Length	34:31
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor, reissue: Manfred Eicher and Jean-Philippe Allard
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Fusion (1961) Thesis (1961) Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 (1961)

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The trio on the recording was Giuffre's second drummerless group. He said at the time that the trio was “searching for a free sense of tonality and form”.[3]

It was remastered, remixed and re-released by ECM in 1992 as a double-album with the trio's other 1961 Verve recording, Fusion (with three previously unissued tracks from the August sessions).

Track listing

1. "Ictus" (Carla Bley) - 2:44
2. "That's True, That's True" - 4:41
3. "Sonic" - 4:44
4. "Whirrrr" - 4:54
5. "Carla" (Paul Bley) - 4:35
6. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 4:56
7. "Flight" - 3:21
8. "The Gamut" - 4:37

Additional tracks on 1992 ECM reissue:

1. "Me Too" - 5:03
2. "Temporarily" (Carla Bley) - 6:09
3. "Herb & Ictus" - 0:44

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre, except as otherwise noted.

Personnel

• Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet
• Paul Bley - piano
• Steve Swallow - bass

References

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