Jazz Lab

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia.

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."

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

1. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 3:38
2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 8:21
3. "Nica's Tempo" - 5:27
4. "Blue Concept" - 5:03
5. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 7:04
6. "Sans Souci" - 7:17
7. "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

References