Gigi Gryce - Doin The Gigi [CD]
Doin The Gigi
Gigi Gryce
CD Rel Date: 1981-07-19
Alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce's last ensemble was an outstanding sextet called the "Orchtette" that featured trumpeter Richard Williams, vibraphonist Eddie Costa and pianist Richard Wyands. Active during 1960-61, the band has only been documented up to now on five tracks of of an LP for the Mercury label. This new Uptown CD provides further fascinating examples of the "Orch-tette" recorded in performance at Birdland and in two studio sessions from which nothing was ever released. Within a year, he had left the jazz world never to be seen again. These recordings not only provide high quality music in the hard-bop genre but also serve as important and revealing additions to Gryce's legacy.
Tracklist:
- Blues In Bloom (1961 Birdland Broadcast)
- A Premoniton Of You (1961 Birdland Broadcast)
- A Night In Tunisia (1961 Birdland Broadcast)
- Down Home (1961 Birdland Broadcast)
- Blues In Bloom (Unissued Recording Session)
- Dancing The Gigi (A.K.A Strange Feelin') (1961 Unissued Recording Session)
- Sonor (A.K.A Sonar) (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- Down Home (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- Take The A Train (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- Stompin' At The Savoy (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- I'll Walk Alone (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- Caravan (1960 Unissued Recording Session)
- All The Things You Are (1957 Signal Records Party)
- Announcements By Al 'jazzbo' Collins & Hugh Downs (1957 Signal Records Party)
- Movin' (1957 Signal Records Party)
- There Will Never Be Another You (1957 Signal Records Party)
- Man Of Moods (1957 Signal Records Party)
- The Blues Walk (A.K.A Somebody Done Stole My Blues, Loose Walk) (1957 Signal Records Party)