Fusion (Jimmy Giuffre 3 album)

Fusion
ECM, 1992
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
The Jimmy Giuffre Quartet in Person (1960) Fusion (1961) Thesis (1961)

Fusion is a 1961 album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3.^[1]

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”.^[2] The album title comes from Giuffre's sense that a meeting (fusion) of minds of the musicians was required in the free improvisation sections of the performances.^[3]

It was remastered, remixed and (partially) re-released by

(with three previously unissued tracks from the August sessions), substituting an alternate take of "Trudgin'" and omitting "Used To Be."

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
DownBeat	[3]

The contemporaneous

Track listing

1. "Scootin' About – 3:39
2. "Jesus Maria" (Carla Bley) – 6:17
3. "Emphasis" – 4:18
4. "In the Mornings Out There" (Carla Bley) – 6:54
5. "Cry, Want" – 5:13
6. "Trudgin'" – 4:02
7. "Used to Be'" – 3:58
8. "Brief Hesitation" – 4:19
9. "Venture" – 4:00

The original Verve mono LP included the complete take of "Used to Be," while the Verve stereo LP included a version that fades out at approximately 3:40.

Additional tracks on 1992

reissue:

1. "Trudgin'" (alternate take) - 4:33
2. "Afternoon" – 5:15

Tracks released on 2016 Emanem Records CD release "Bremen & Stuttgart 1961":

1. "Trudgin'" (originally issued take) – 4:02
2. "Used to Be'" (stereo take edited to mono conclusion) – 3:58

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre except as indicated.

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