Doin' the Gigi
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Doin' the Gigi | ||||
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Released | 2011 | |||
Recorded | June 24, 1957 to August 19, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 69:56 | |||
Label | Uptown UPCD 27.64 | |||
Producer | Robert E. Sunenblick | |||
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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 label in 2011.[1]
Reception
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AllMusic | [2] |
Birdland broadcast, which features the working band he used for his Rat Race Blues album ".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
- "Blues in Bloom" (Norman Mapp) - 11:24
- "A Premonition of You" - 4:40
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 7:37
- "Down Home" - 5:35
- "Blues in Bloom" (Mapp) - 3:02
- "Dancing the Gigi" - 2:31
- "Sonor" (Gerald Wiggins, Kenny Clarke) - 3:32
- "Down Home" - 4:16
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:00
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Edgar Sampson) - 2:37
- "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:32
- ") - 4:58
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 1:46
- Announcements by Al "Jazzbo" Collins & Hugh Downs - 0:28
- "Leila's Blues" - 1:32
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 2:35
- "Man of Moods" (Duke Jordan, Cecil Payne) - 2:46
- "The Blues Walk" (Clifford Brown, Chris Woods, Sonny Stitt) - 2:05
- Recorded in New York City on June 24, 1957 at the Golden Thread Café, Hotel New Yorker (tracks 13-18), early 1960 at Nola Penthouse Studios (tracks 7-12), 1961 at A & R Studios (tracks 5 & 6), and August 19, 1961 at Birdland (tracks 1-4)
Personnel
- Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 13-18)
- Richard Williams (tracks 1-12) - trumpet
- Eddie Costa - vibraphone (tracks 1-6)
- Richard Wyands (tracks 1-12), Duke Jordan (tracks 13-18) - piano
- Julian Euell (tracks 1-6), unknown (tracks 7-12), Wendell Marshall (tracks 13-18) - bass
- Mickey Roker (tracks 1-6), unknown (tracks 7-12), Art Taylor (tracks 13-18) - drums
References
- ^ Gigi Gryce discography Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 25, 2014
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2013