Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet

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Personnel: Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Wade Legge (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Art Taylor (drums). Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 27 and March 7, 1957. Originally released on Riverside (229). Includes original liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Wade Legge (piano); Art Taylor (drums). Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie. Liner Note Author: Orrin Keepnews. Recording information: New York, NY (02/27/1957/03/07/1957); NewYork City, NY (02/27/1957/03/07/1957). Photographer: Paul Weller. Unknown Contributor Roles: Wade Legge; Wendell Marshall. Arrangers: Donald Byrd; Gigi Gryce. During 1957 altoist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd co-led a quintet that sought to extend and come up with new variations to bebop. Unfortunately the group did not survive the year but Gryce and Byrd did combine for several memorable recordings, including an excellent Prestige LP reissued on this CD. Their quintet (with pianist Wade Legge, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Art Taylor) turn "Love for Sale" into a jazz waltz (an innovation for 1957), introduce Gryce's best-known composition "Minority," swing "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," and perform a tricky but memorable blues line "Straight Ahead." This is exciting and still fresh-sounding bebop. ~ Scott Yanow
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