Released 1955 Nica's Tempo
(1955) Jazz Lab
(1957) Release date 1955 Genre Jazz | Recorded October 15 & 22, 1955 Artist Gigi Gryce Label Savoy Jazz | |
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Nica's Tempo is an album by Gigi Gryce recorded in 1955. The title track is a reference to Nica de Koenigswarter (born Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild) a.k.a. "The Bebop Baroness" or "The Jazz Baroness", a patron of jazz musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
Contents
The album was originally issued as Gigi Gryce Quartet And Orchestra (Signal S 1201). The Signal masters were later acquired by Savoy Records, who reissued this album in 1958.
Track listing
- "Speculation" (Horace Silver) – 4:03
- "In a Meditating Mood" (Gigi Gryce) – 4:22
- "Social Call" (Gryce, Jon Hendricks) – 2:43
- "Smoke Signal" (Gryce) – 3:42
- "(You'll Always Be) The One I Love" (Gryce) – 3:28
- "Kerry Dance" (traditional) – 3:00
- "Shuffle Boil" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:59
- "Brakes Sake" (Monk) – 4:45
- "Gallop's Gallop" (Monk) – 5:25
- "Nica's Tempo" (Gryce) – 6:06
Personnel
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 22, 1955
Tracks 3, 5: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 22, 1955
Tracks 7-10: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 15, 1955
Songs
1Speculation4:08
2In a Meditating Mood4:27
3Social Call2:46
References
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