Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce - The Complete Jazz Lab Sessions

Tracklist: 

CD 1

01. Nica's Tempo (5:29)

02. Smoke Signal (3:28)

03. Speculation (3:40)

04. Over the Rainbow (8:18)

05. Sans Souci (7:14)

06. I Remember Clifford (4:54)

07. Little Niles (7:00)

08. Blue Concept (5:00)

09. Love for Sale (8:03)

10. Geraldine (5:38)

11. Minority (6:29)

12. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart (6:06)

Tracks 1-8: «Jazz Lab» {Columbia CL998}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Benny Powell - Trombone, Julius Watkins – French Horn, Don Butterfield - Tuba, Sahib Shihab – Baritone Saxophone, Tommy Flanagan – Piano (tracks #1-5), Wade Legge – Piano (tracks #6-8), Wendell Marshall - Bass, Art Taylor - Drums.

Recorded in New York, February 4 & 5 and March 13, 1957

Tracks 9-12: «Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet» {Riverside 12-229}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Wade Legge – Piano, Wendell Marshall – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on February 27, 1957 (tracks #9–11) and March 7, 1957 (tracks #12)

CD 2

01. Straight Ahead (9:33)

02. Wake Up! (4:36)

03. Exhibit A (8:35)

04. Ergo the Blues (take 2) (7:42)

05. Ergo the Blues (take 3) (6:24)

06. Capri (4:57)

07. Splittin' (aka Ray's Way) (5:18)

08. Passade (6:26)

09. Byrd in Hand (9:41)

10. Blue Lights (4:01)

11. Onion Head (4:41)

12. Isn't It Romantic? (4:47)

Tracks 1-2 : Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet» {Riverside 12-229}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Wade Legge – Piano, Wendell Marshall – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on March 7, 1957 (tracks #1-2)

Tracks 3-9: «New Formulas from the Jazz Lab» {RCA-Victor Jap RCA6015}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Hank Jones – Piano, Paul Chambers – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded on July 30–31 and August 1, 1957 in New York City

Tracks 10-12: «Jazz Lab» {Jubilee JLP1059}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone (except track #12), Hank Jones – Piano, Paul Chambers – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded on August 9, 1957 in New York City

CD 3

01. Batland (7:03)

02. Bangoon (4:59)

03. Imagination (5:40)

04. X-Tacy (8:27)

05. Satellite (4:27)

06. An Evening in Casablanca (5:02)

07. Social Call (4:40)

08. Stablemates (4:56)

09. Steppin' Out (5:28)

10. Medley: Early Morning Blues/Now, Don't You Know (3:42)

11. Early Bird (7:36)

12. Elgy (6:25)

13. Oh Yeah! (4:29)

Tracks 1-4 : «Jazz Lab» {Jubilee JLP1059}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet (except track #3), Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Hank Jones – Piano, Paul Chambers – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded on August 9, 1957 in New York City

Tracks 5-12: «Modern Jazz Perspective» {Columbia CL1058}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Sahib Shihab – Baritone Saxophone (tracks #8,9), Julius Watkins – French Horn (tracks #8,9), Jimmy Cleveland – Trombone (tracks #8,9) Jackie Paris – Banjo (track #10), Vocals (tracks #10–12) , Wynton Kelly – Piano, Wendell Marshall – Bass, Art Taylor – Drums

Recorded on August 30, 1957 (tracks #5-7), September 3, 1957 (tracks #10-12), and September 5, 1957 (tracks #8,9) in New York City

Tracks 13: Duke Jordan - «The Jazz Laboratory Series: Do It Yourself Jazz, Vol.1» {Signal S101/Savoy MG12145}

Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Duke Jordan – Piano, Oscar Pettiford – Bass, Kenny Clarke – Drums

Recorded on March 7, 1955 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

CD 4

01. Splittin' (aka Ray's Way) (Live) (8:31)

02. Batland (Live) (7:22)

03. Love for Sale (Live) (7:37)

04. Kamman's A'Comin' (4:12)

05. Minor 7th Heaven (4:12)

06. Stardust (3:33)

07. Bohemia After Dark (5:36)

08. Oscalypso (2:26)

09. Scorpio (3:47)

10. Titoro (3:23)

11. Don't Squawk (4:19)

12. Another One (5:11)

13. Sometimes I'm Happy (5:55)

14. Embraceable You (7:31)

15. Jordu (4:55)

Tracks 1-3 «Jazz Laboratory at Newport» {Verve MGV8238}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet, Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Hank Jones – Piano, Wendell Marshall – Bass, Osie Johnson – Drums

Recorded on July 5, 1957 at the Newport Jazz Festival

Tracks 4-12 «Oscar Pettiford» {Bethlehem BCP33} , Oscar Pettiford - «Another One» {Avenue Jazz – R2 75910}

Donald Byrd – Trumpet (tracks #4-5, 7-12), Ernie Royal – Trumpet (tracks #4-5, 7-12), Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone (tracks #4-5, 7-12), Jerome Richardson – Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute (tracks #4-5, 7-12), Bob Brookmeyer – Valve Trombone (tracks #4-5, 7-12), Don Abney – Piano, Oscar Pettiford – Bass, Cello, Osie Johnson – Drums (tracks #4-5, 7-12)

Recorded on August 12, 1955 in New York City

Tracks 13-15 Duke Jordan - «The Jazz Laboratory Series: Do It Yourself Jazz, Vol.1» {Signal S101/Savoy MG12145}

Gigi Gryce – Alto Saxophone, Duke Jordan – Piano, Oscar Pettiford – Bass, Kenny Clarke – Drums

Recorded on March 7, 1955 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey