Gigi Gryce – The Classic Albums 1955-1960 (8 Original Albums On 4 CDS)

Description

Release Date: 2019

Label:  Enlightenment

Born George General Grice Jr. in Florida on November 28, 1925, jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinettist, composer, arranger and educator, Gigi Gryce – the name by which he would be known in jazz circles – was never a top drawer but has remained an inspiration to players and composers from the same genre ever since his heyday. This 4 CD collection features the best albums made by Gryce as leader or co-leader – which includes his entire recorded output with Jazz lab – between 1955 and 1960. Each of these eight records displays amply the great man’s huge musical, arranging and compositional abilities which in most cases leave his contemporaries short, and while Gryce has never been a household name, one listen to the music presented herein will leave most jazz fans wondering why.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Speculation
2. In A Meditative Mood
3. Social Call
4. Smoke Signals
5. You’ll Always Be The One I Love
6. Kerry Dance
7. Shuffle Boil
8. Brake’s Sake
9. Gallop’s Gallop
10. Nica’s Tempo
11. Speculation
12. Over The Rainbow
13. Nica’s Tempo
14. Blue Concept
15. Little Niles
16. Sans Souci
17. I Remember Clifford

Disc 2

1. Love For Sale
2. Geraldine
3. Minority
4. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
5. Straight Ahead
6. Wake Up!
7. In A Sentimental Mood
8. Blues March
9. Sea Breeze
10. Bangoon
11. It Don’t Mean A Thing
12. Cold Breeze
13. Rich And Creamy
14. My Ideal
15. Baba’s Blues
16. Little Susan
17. Lullaby For Milkman
18. Somewhere

Disc 3

1. Back Breaker
2. Leila’s Blues
3. Blues In The Jungle
4. Down Home
5. Let Me Know
6. Jones Bones
7. Frankie And Johnny
8. Lover Man
9. Minority
10. Summertime
11. Nica’s Tempo
12. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me

Disc 4

1. The Rat Race Blues
2. Strange Feelin’
3. Boxer’s Blues
4. Blues In Bloom
5. Monday Through Sunday
6. Blue Lights
7. Caravan
8. Reminiscing
9. Yesterdays
10. Gee Blues Gee
11. A Night In Tunisia
12. Dearly Beloved
13. Take The ‘A’ Train