Jazz Lab

Jazz Lab
Studio album by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Released 1957
Recorded February 4 & 5 and March 13, 1957
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
CL 998
Gigi Gryce chronology
Nica's Tempo
(1955)Nica's Tempo1955		 Jazz Lab
(1957)		 Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet
(1957)Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet1957
Donald Byrd chronology
Three Trumpets
(1957) Three Trumpets1957		 Jazz Lab
(1957) String Module Error: Match not found1957		 At Newport
(1957) At Newport1957

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[2]

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

References

  1. ↑ Gigi Gryce discography accessed August 31, 2012
  2. 1 2 Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
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