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Backgrounder: Gigi Gryce's Nica's Tempo, 1955
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Gigi Gryce was one of jazz's most sensual arrangers. Like Billy Strayhorn, Tadd Dameron, Quincy Jones, Benny Golson and others, Gryce favored a cool sophistication in his compositions and arrangements. He was so exceptional as an orchestrator that it's easy to forget he was also a terrific alto saxophonist. One of Gryce's finest albums and a great entry point for those unfamiliar with him was Nica's Tempo. Recorded over multiple dates in 1955 for Savoy, Gryce liked arranging for little ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living. In 1948 he began studying classical composition at ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living. In 1948 he began studying classical composition at ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living. In 1948 he began studying classical composition at ...
read more
Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living... Read more.
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Gigi Gryce + Richard Williams
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week, I posted on composer-arranger and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce and his Jazz Lab partnership with trumpeter Donald Byrd in 1957. I also mentioned that that their union came to an end when Byrd went off to Paris for six months starting in July 1958. Upon his return in December, Byrd began recording as a leader for Blue Note, starting with Off to the Races. Today I want to pick up with the Gryce storyline. In the year that ...
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Gigi Gryce: Jazz Lab
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The year 1957 was a bountiful one for Gigi Gryce. The alto saxophonist teamed with trumpeter Donald Byrd and formed the Jazz Lab, a group that allowed Gryce to record and perform his compositions and those by other artists with a particular feel and with varying tempos and moods. From February to September 1957, Gryce and Byrd recorded Jazz Lab albums for five different labels—Columbia, Riverside, Verve, Jubilee and RCA. Gryce, like Tadd Dameron, Quincy Jones, Benny Golson and Horace ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living... Read more.
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living... Read more.
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today!
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine to the possibility of making music for a living... Read more.
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