In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play the Music Man” (The Music Man), the fifth Jimmy Giuffre album. It was recorded December 1957 – February 1958, at “Coastal Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

• Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
• Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman – tenor saxophone
• Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
• Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Wendell Marshall – bass
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Meredith Willson.

• Iowa Stubborn
• Goodnight My Someone
• Seventy-Six Trombones
• Marian the Librarian
• My White Knight
• The Wells Fargo Wagon
• It’s You
• Shipoopi
• Lida Rose (Will I Ever Tell You)
• Gary, Indiana
• Till There Was You