Gigi Gryce - Gigi Gryce Quintet Featuring Richard Williams & Richard Wyands 1960-1961 [2CD Set] (2012)

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Artist: Gigi Gryce
Title: Gigi Gryce Quintet Featuring Richard Williams & Richard Wyands 1960-1961
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Fresh Sound Records [FSR-CD 697]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 2:33:17
Total Size: 363 mb / 1.01 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Like so many talented musicians, Gigi Gryce (1925-1983) got less out of his jazz career than he deserved. A fine, astringent altoist inspired by, among others, Charlie Parker, but without Bird s all-consuming flame or facility, he was also an inventive composer and arranger, which coloured both the groups he led and his work as a soloist. It s all abundantly evident on the four well- crafted, highly accessible albums collected here, the last he made as leader. His feeling for the blues and imaginative approach to the form invigorates the albums Saying Somethin! and The Rat Race Blues . But he could also take a fresh slant on well known material, as he does with the standards on The Hap nin s (which also features his most famous compositions, Nica s Tempo and Minority) and with the Ellington band s staples, Caravan and Take the A Train, and Dizzy Gillespie s A Night in Tunisia on Reminiscin . And he got a sparkling response from the capable group he led, which included Richard Williams, Mickey Roker, Richard Wyands and Eddie Costa.

:: TRACKLIST ::

CD 1
01. Leila’s Blues (Gigi Gryce) 6:47
02. Blues in the Jungle (Gigi Gryce) 6:18
03. Down Home (Curtis Fuller) 8:19
04. Back Breaker (Gigi Gryce) 6:07
05. Let Me Know (Jones) 4:43
06. Jones Bones (Jones) 7:10
07. Summertime (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) 8:03
08. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) 5:36
09. Minority (Gigi Gryce) 6:32
10. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me (Bloom-Koehler) 7:42
11. Frankie and Johnny (trad.) 7:33
12. Nica’s Tempo (Gigi Gryce) 4:04

CD 2
01. Blues in Bloom (Mapp) 7:42
02. Boxer’s Blues (Gigi Gryce) 6:54
03. Strange Feeling (Finch) 7:44
04. The Rat Race Blues (Gigi Gryce) 6:32
05. Monday Through Sunday (Mapp) 11:07
06. Blue Lights (Gigi Gryce) 3:23
07. Gee Blues Gee (Randy Weston) 3:21
08. Dearly Beloved (Kern-Mercer) 4:19
09. Caravan (Tizol-Ellington-Mills) 4:23
10. Reminiscing (Gigi Gryce) 3:58
11. Yesterdays (J.Kern-O.Harbach) 4:43
12. Take the “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn) 3:35
13. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) 5:10

Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce
Bass – George Duvivier (tracks: 2-6 to 2-13), Julian Euell (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5), Reggie Workman
Drums – Bobby Thomas (2) (tracks: 2-6 to 2-13), Mickey Roker (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5), Walter Perkins
Ensemble – Gigi Gryce Orch-tette (tracks: 2-6 to 2-13), Gigi Gryce Quintet (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5)
Piano – Richard Wyands
Trumpet – Richard Williams
Vibraphone – Eddie Costa (tracks: 2-6 to 2-13)

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