The trio of Jimmy Giuffre, pianist Paul Bley, and Steve Swallow on acoustic bass, through their previous recordings and live concerts in Europe, had reached the precipice of complete improvisational freedom. The leap came with Free Fall. What I feel to be the more revealing and revolutionary aspects of this album, however, are to be found in the five unaccompanied clarinet pieces. (Art Lange)
Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet), Paul Bley (piano on 1, 3, 7, 11), Steve Swallow (double bass on 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Recorded July 9 (track 2), October 10 (tracks 3, 6, 7, 11), and November 1 (1, 4, 5, 8 to 10) 1962 in New York City.
Tracklist:
1. Motion Suspended (3:17)
2. Propulsion (3:08)
3. Threewe (4:13)
4. Ornothoids (2:45)
5. Dichotomy (4:00)
6. Man Alone (2:19)
7. Spasmodic (3:26)
8. Yggdrasill (2:34)
9. Divided Man (1:56)
10. Primordial Call (2:18)
11. The Five Ways (10:21)
Released 2021.