Gigi Gryce - 1957 - And The Jazz Lab Quintet (1992) FLAC

Gigi Gryce - 1957 - And The Jazz Lab Quintet (1992)

During 1957 altoist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd co-led a quintet that sought to extend and come up with new variations to bebop. Unfortunately the group did not survive the year but Gryce and Byrd did combine for several memorable recordings, including an excellent Prestige LP reissued on this CD. Their quintet (with pianist Wade Legge, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Art Taylor) turn "Love for Sale" into a jazz waltz (an innovation for 1957), introduce Gryce's best-known composition "Minority," swing "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," and perform a tricky but memorable blues line "Straight Ahead." This is exciting and still fresh-sounding bebop. (AllMusic)

Love For Sale
Geraldine
Minority
Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart
Straight Ahead
Wake Up!

Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Wade Legge – piano
Wendell Marshall – bass
Arthur Taylor - drums

Produced by Orrin Keepnews
Recorded in New York; February 27 and March 7, 1957.
Remastering, 1991 - Phil De Lancie (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)

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