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Jimmy Giuffre

Born
April 26, 1921
in Dallas, TX 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Scott Yanow
Jimmy Giuffre has had many accomplishments in a long career that has never been predictable. Giuffre graduated from North Texas State Teachers College in 1942, played in an Army band during his period in the service, and then had stints with the orchestras of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, and Buddy Rich. His composition, "Four Brothers," became a hit for Woody Herman, an orchestra that Giuffre eventually joined in 1949.



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