• Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 17, 1983), later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz...
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    The following is a discography of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk (1917 – 1982). Blue Sphere (Black Lion, ?) – recorded on November...
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  • At Newport is a live album by the Gigi Gryce–Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory and the Cecil Taylor Quartet recorded for the Verve label at the Newport Jazz...
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  • Gigi Gryce is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce, recorded in 1958 and released on the MetroJazz label. AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars...
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  • Nica's Tempo (category Gigi Gryce albums)
    album by the Gigi Gryce Orchestra and Quartet, recorded and first released in late 1955. While side two is ostensibly by the "Gigi Gryce Quartet", its...
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  • 16-bar jazz standard in a minor key by Gigi Gryce, first recorded with Clifford Brown in Paris on October 8, 1953. Gryce recorded it again with Art Blakey...
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  • Puerto Rican former tennis player Gianluigi Gigi Galli (born 1973), Italian rally driver George Gigi Gryce (1925–1983), American musician, composer, arranger...
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  • featuring Gigi Gryce (also released as Evening in Casablanca) is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer's Quintet featuring saxophonist Gigi Gryce. It was recorded...
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  • Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce, recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label. AllMusic awarded the...
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  • When Farmer Met Gryce is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on...
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    Gigi Gryce's 1957 Jubilee Records album Jazz Lab, with Jones playing piano. (Gryce also recorded a second version of the tune with Jones on his Gigi Gryce...
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  • released on Blue Note later that year. The sextet features saxophonists Gigi Gryce and Benny Golson and rhythm section Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie...
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    Gillespie Afro Norgran Dizzy and Strings Gigi Gryce Gigi Gryce's Jazztime Paris, Vol. 1 Blue Note Gigi Gryce's Jazztime Paris, Vol. 2 Art Farmer The Art...
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  • Doin' the Gigi is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce compiling live and studio recordings from 1957 to 1961 which was released on the Uptown...
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    Jazz Messengers as Clifford Brown's successor. In 1955, he recorded with Gigi Gryce, Jackie McLean and Mal Waldron. After leaving the Jazz Messengers in 1956...
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  • performances recorded in 1953 and 1954, arranged by Quincy Jones and Gigi Gryce, and released by Prestige Records in 1956. It is his earliest recorded...
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    1015) That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz (Alto AL 704) With Gigi Gryce Doin' the Gigi (Uptown, 2011) With Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra...
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  • Out There (Betty Carter album) (category Albums arranged by Gigi Gryce)
    ensemble under the direction of alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce. The arrangements were provided by Gryce, Ray Copeland, Melba Liston, Benny Golson and Tommy...
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    George Wallington and Art Farmer (1954), Wallington again (1954–55), Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd (1956), he formed his own group, Taylor's Wailers. Between...
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  • Social Call (category Albums arranged by Gigi Gryce)
    album by Betty Carter featuring Ray Bryant and a big band arranged by Gigi Gryce. Of its eleven tracks, the first six were recorded in 1955 and originally...
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  • Monk Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2020-08-31. "Appendix A: Gigi Gryce Composition/Recording Index". Rat Race Blues. Retrieved 5 November 2020...
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    and recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a bebop player. As Farmer's reputation...
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  • Jazz Lab (category Gigi Gryce albums)
    Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia. AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating:...
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  • with previously unreleased material from a 1956 recording session with Gigi Gryce. "Sneaking Around" (Ray Bryant) – 3:16 "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn...
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  • Freeman Dizzy Gillespie Tyree Glenn Benny Golson Sonny Greer Johnny Griffin Gigi Gryce Coleman Hawkins J. C. Heard Jay C. Higginbotham Milt Hinton Chubby Jackson...
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  • founder of iERA Philippe Grenier – French doctor; first Muslim MP in France Gigi Gryce – American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and...
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  • Modern Jazz Perspective (category Gigi Gryce albums)
    and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, with featured vocalist Jackie Paris, recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label. All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated...
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  • Reminiscin' (category Gigi Gryce albums)
    by saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the Mercury label. The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, concluded: "Gryce has achieved a...
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  • Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (category Gigi Gryce albums)
    Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1957 and released on the Jubilee label...
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  • recorded at WOR Studios, NYC Clifford Brown – trumpet John Lewis – piano Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, flute Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone Percy Heath –...
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