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Released
  
1957

Artists
  
Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd

Label
  
Columbia Records

Jazz Lab (1957)
  
At Newport (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 4 & 5 and March 13, 1957 New York City

Jazz Lab (1957)
  
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (1957)

Similar
  
Gigi Gryce albums, Jazz albums

Donald byrd gigi gryce jazz lab quintet


Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "With some of the best arrangements heard in jazz and excellent solos by Gryce, Byrd, and Flanagan, Jazz Lab makes for an excellent introduction to the hard bop catalog".

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 3:38
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 8:21
  3. "Nica's Tempo" - 5:27
  4. "Blue Concept" - 5:03
  5. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 7:04
  6. "Sans Souci" - 7:17
  7. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:57
  • Recorded in New York City on February 4, 1957 (tracks 1 & 3), February 5, 1957 (tracks 2 & 6), and March 13, 1957 (tracks 4, 5 & 7)

    • Personnel

  • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
  • Donald Byrd - trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 5 & 7), Benny Powell (tracks 1 & 3) - trombone
  • Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1-3 & 6), Wade Legge (tracks 4, 5 & 7) - piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums

    • Songs

    1Speculation3:41
    2Over the Rainbow8:20
    3Nica's Tempo5:29

    References

    Jazz Lab Wikipedia
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