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Gigi Gryce - The Classic Albums 1955-1960 (2020)

Gigi Gryce - The Classic Albums 1955-1960 (2020)

BAND/ARTIST: Gigi Gryce

  • Title: The Classic Albums 1955-1960
  • Year Of Release: 2020
  • Label: Enlightenment
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
  • Total Time: 5:09:44
  • Total Size: 1.56 GB / 715 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Speculation
02. In A Meditative Mood
03. Social Call
04. Smoke Signals
05. You'll Always Be The One I Love
06. Kerry Dance
07. Shuffle Boil
08. Brake's Sake
09. 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
18. Love For Sale
19. Geraldine
20. Minority
21. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
22. Straight Ahead
23. Wake Up!
24. In A Sentimental Mood
25. Blues March
26. Sea Breeze
27. Bangoon
28. It Don't Mean A Thing
29. Cold Breeze
30. Rich And Creamy
31. My Ideal
32. Baba's Blues
33. Little Susan
34. Lullaby For Milkman
35. Somewhere
36. Back Breaker
37. Leila's Blues
38. Blues In The Jungle
39. Down Home
40. Let Me Know
41. Jones Bones
42. Frankie And Johnny
43. Lover Man
44. Minority
45. Summertime
46. Nica's Tempo
47. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
48. The Rat Race Blues
49. Strange Feelin'
50. Boxer's Blues
51. Blues In Bloom
52. Monday Through Sunday
53. Blue Lights
54. Caravan
55. Reminiscing
56. Yesterdays
57. Gee Blues Gee
58. A Night In Tunisia
59. Dearly Beloved
60. Take The 'A' Train

Gigi Gryce was a giant of the hard-bop movement in the 1950s, a celebrated and in-demand sideman but a bandleader insufficiently recognized for his skills in that arena. This collection brings together eight of his best recordings as a leader, originally issued on labels like Savoy, Riverside, and New Jazz. The first disc consists of material written or arranged for biggish bands, including some great tunes with Thelonious Monk, some of them relatively obscure Monk compositions like ''Shuffle Boil'' and ''Brake's Sake''; there is also a wonderfully hard-swinging uptempo version of ''Over the Rainbow.'' Disc 2 features two late-1950s albums that find Gryce leading tight, disciplined, and powerfully swinging small combos that include the likes of trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Hank Jones, and drummer Art Taylor and that continue his practice of playing ballads as up numbers note in particular his explosive bebop treatment of ''Love for Sale.'' On his self-titled album from 1958, he is multitracked on various saxophones and flutes, creating the sound of a much larger ensemble than the quartet in the studio; his tenor solo on ''It Don't Mean a Thing'' is especially noteworthy. (I'm not sure we really needed a celeste obbligato on ''My Ideal,'' but Gryce's playing on that cut is lovely.) And one of the things you really notice, listening to these eight albums end to end, is that while Gryce has always been justly celebrated for his writing, he was equally creative and adept as an arranger. This might not be an absolutely essential set for every jazz collection, but it's certainly recommendable. ~ Rick Anderson


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