Jazz Lab is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released by Columbia Records in 1957.Gigi Gryce discography accessed August 31, 2012
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "With some of the best arrangements heard in jazz and excellent solos by Gryce, Byrd, and Flanagan, Jazz Lab makes for an excellent introduction to the hard bop catalog."Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
Track listing All tracks are by Gigi Gryce except where noted. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) – 3:38 "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 8:21 "Nica's Tempo" – 5:27 "Blue Concept" – 5:03 "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) – 7:04 "Sans Souci" – 7:17 "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:57 Recorded in New York City on February 4, 1957 (tracks 1 & 3), February 5, 1957 (tracks 2 & 6), and March 13, 1957 (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
Personnel Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone Donald Byrd – trumpet Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 5 & 7), Benny Powell (tracks 1 & 3) – trombone Julius Watkins – French horn (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7) Don Butterfield – tuba (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7) Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7) Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1–3 & 6), Wade Legge (tracks 4, 5 & 7) – piano Wendell Marshall – bass Art Taylor – drums
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