Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet
1957 studio album by Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce, recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[2][3]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This is exciting and still fresh-sounding bebop."[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:59
- "Geraldine" (Wade Legge) – 5:34
- "Minority" – 6:26
- "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 5:59
- "Straight Ahead" (Gryce as "Lee Sears") – 9:29
- "Wake Up!" – 4:37
- Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on February 27, 1957 (tracks 1–3) and March 7, 1957 (tracks 4–6)
Personnel
References
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. | As leader | |
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With Pepper Adams | |
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With The Jazz Messengers | |
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With Gigi Gryce | |
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With Jackie McLean | |
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With Hank Mobley | |
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With others |
- Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955)
- Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
- Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
- Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959)
- Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58)
- Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
- Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
- Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957)
- This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
- All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957)
- Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957)
- High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957)
- One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964)
- Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965)
- Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962)
- Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958)
- Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993)
- Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95)
- My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993)
- Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977)
- Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963)
- Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
- African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963)
- Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995)
- Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955)
- Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955)
- TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959)
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959)
- Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965)
- Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962)
- Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964)
- Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)
- Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957)
- Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967)
- Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956)
- Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978)
- Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
- Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
- A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
- Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
- Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)
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