Description: Gigi Gryce GIGI GRYCE QUINTET, FEAT. RICHARD WILLIAMS & RICHARD WYANDS 1960-1961 (4 LPS ON 2 CDS) Personnel: Richard Williams (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Richard Wyands (p), Eddie Costa (vib), Reggie Workman, Julian Euell, George Duvivier (b), Mickey Roker, Bobby Thomas, Walter Perkins (d) Reference: FSRCD 697_2 Includes 24-page booklet with session details, photos, original art & liner notes. 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 Birds 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. Its 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 Hapnins (which also features his most famous compositions, Nicas Tempo and Minority) and with the Ellington bands staples, Caravan and Take The A Train, and Dizzy Gillespies A Night In Tunisia on Reminiscin. And he got a sparkling response from the capable group he led, which included Richard Williams, Richard Wyands, Mickey Roker and Eddie Costa. Tracklisting: CD 1 01. Leilas 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. Dont Worry Bout Me (Bloom-Koehler) 7:42 11. Frankie and Johnny (trad.) 7:33 12. Nicas Tempo (Gigi Gryce) 4:04 CD 2 01. Blues in Bloom (Mapp) 7:42 02. Boxers 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 Original sources: CD-1, tracks #1-6 from the 12" album Saying Somethin! (New Jazz LP 8230) CD-1, tracks #7-12 from the 12" album The Hapnins (New Jazz LP 8246) CD-2, tracks #1-5 from the 12" album The Rat Race Blues (New Jazz LP 8262) CD-2, tracks #6-13 from the 12" album Reminiscin (Mercury SR 60628) Personnel on "Saying Somethin'!": Richard Williams (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (alto sax); Richard Wyands (piano); Reggie Workman (bass); Mickey Roker (drums). Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on March 11, 1960 Personnel on "The Hapnins: Same personnel except Julian Euell, bass, replaces Reggie Workman. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on May 3, 1960 Personnel on "The Rat Race Blues": Same personnel as previous session. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on June 7, 1960 Personnel on "Reminiscin'": Gigi Gryce Quintet (CD-2, #6,7,8) Richard Williams (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (alto sax); Richard Wyands (piano); Julian Euell (bass); Walter Perkins (drums). Recorded in New York City, January, 1961 Gigi Gryce Orch-Tette (CD-2, #9,10,11,12) Richard Williams (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (alto sax); Richard Wyands (piano); Eddie Costa (vibraphone); George Duvivier (bass); Bobby Thomas (drums). Same location & date as #6-8. Track #13: Richard Williams (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (alto sax); Richard Wyands (piano); Eddie Costa (vibraphone); Reggie Workman (bass); Walter Perkins (drums). Same location & date #6-12. New Jazz sessions supervised by Esmond Edwards. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Original art by Esmond Edwards & Don Schlitten Mercury recording session directed by Hal Mooney. Sound engineer: Bob Arnold. Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol Stereo ยท 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
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Format: CD
Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain
Record Label: Fresh Sound Records
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Language: English
Release Title: Gigi Gryce Quintet 1960-1961
Artist: Walter Perkins, Bobby Thomas, Mickey Roker, George Duvivier, Julian Euell, Reggie Workman, Eddie Costa, Richard Wyands, Richard Williams, Gigi Gryce
Style: Quintet
Genre: Jazz
Type: Album
