IAI Festival

IAI Festival
Live album by Jimmy Giuffre/Lee Konitz/Bill Connors/Paul Bley
Released	1978
Recorded	May 19, 1978 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:03
Label	Improvising Artists IAI 37.38.59
Producer	Paul Bley
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
River Chant (1975) IAI Festival (1978) Dragonfly (1983)

IAI Festival (full title IAI Festival/Great American Music Hall/San Francisco) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Giuffre, saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Connors and pianist Paul Bley recorded in 1978 which was the final release on Bley's own Improvising Artists label.^[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting it is "just 37 minutes of music, but it is definitely worth hearing".^[3]

Track listing[]

1. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 5:12
2. "The Sad Time" (Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz) - 2:34
3. "Spanish Flames" (Giuffre, Bill Connors) - 11:26
4. "Enter, Ivory" (Giuffre, Paul Bley) - 11:07
5. "From Then to Then" (Giuffre, Konitz) - 5:44

Personnel[]

• Jimmy Giuffre – tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5), bass flute (track 2), clarinet (track 3), soprano saxophone (track 4), flute (track 4)
• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
• Bill Connors – guitar (track 3)
• Paul Bley – piano (track 4)

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