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Modern Jazz Perspective

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Released
  
1957

Modern Jazz Perspective (1957)
  
Jazz Eyes (1957)

Label
  
Columbia Records

Modern Jazz Perspective (1957)
  
Gigi Gryce (1958)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 30 and September 3 & 5, 1957 New York City

Artists
  
Donald Byrd, Gigi Gryce, Jazz Lab Quintet

Similar
  
Gigi Gryce albums, Jazz albums

Modern Jazz Perspective is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, with featured vocalist Jackie Paris, recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Early Morning Blues / Now You Don't Know" - 3:45
  2. "Early Bird" (Donald Byrd) - 7:31
  3. "Elgy" (Byrd) - 6:28
  4. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 4:59
  5. "Steppin' Out" - 5:30
  6. "Social Call" - 4:43
  7. "An Evening in Casablanca" - 5:05
  8. "Satellite" - 4:26
  • Recorded in New York City on August 30, 1957 (tracks 6-8), September 3, 1957 (tracks 1-3), and September 5, 1957 (tracks 4 & 5)

    • Personnel

  • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
  • Donald Byrd - trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 4 & 5)
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Jackie Paris - banjo (track 1), vocals (tracks 1-3)

    • Songs

    1Early Morning Blues3:42
    2Early Bird7:37
    3Elgy6:26

    References

    Modern Jazz Perspective Wikipedia
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