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Backgrounder: Gigi Gryce's Nica's Tempo, 1955

Backgrounder: Gigi Gryce's Nica's Tempo, 1955

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 ...

Album

Nica's Tempo

Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 1974
Track listing: Speculation; In A Meditating Mood; Social Call; Smoke Signal; (You'll Always Be) The One I Love; Kerry Dance; Shuffle Boil; Brake's Sake; Gallop's Gallop; Nica's Tempo.


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