Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce, recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography accessed August 30, 2012
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This is exciting and still fresh-sounding bebop."Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 30, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:59 "Geraldine" (Wade Legge) – 5:34 "Minority" – 6:26 "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 5:59 "Straight Ahead" (Gryce as "Lee Sears") – 9:29 "Wake Up!" – 4:37 Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on February 27, 1957 (tracks 1–3) and March 7, 1957 (tracks 4–6)
Personnel Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone Donald Byrd – trumpet Wade Legge – piano Wendell Marshall – bass Art Taylor – drums
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