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| 1. | The Rat Race Blues
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| 2. | Strange Feelin'
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| 3. | Boxer's Blues
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| 4. | Blues in Bloom
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| 5. | Monday Through Sunday
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Jazz
Recorded in June 1960
Gigi Gryce - Sax (Alto)
Granville Roker - Drums
Julian Euell - Bass
Mickey Roker - Drums
Richard Gene Williams - Trumpet
Richard Wyands - Piano
Composer, arranger, reedman Gigi Gryce was a jazz drop-out in the 1960s. Prior to that he was well represented throughout the jazz world by his writing and playing. Pieces such as "Hymn to the Orient," "Minority," and "Blue Lights" were in the repertoire of several different groups from Stan Getz to Clifford Brown. Gryce's association with Art Farmer stemmed from their time together in the Lionel Hampton band that also included Clifford Brown. Later he co-led the Jazz Lab Quintet with Donald Byrd. The Rat Race Blues is a collaboration with another young trumpeter of the time, Texan Richard Williams. It offers a variety of blues feelings, including a gospel backbeat number, and a modally directed song. After leaving the jazz world, Gigi taught in the Long Island school system. In early 1983, he died in his native Pensacola, Florida.
* Don Schlitten - Cover Design, Photography
* Esmond Edwards - Supervisor
* Joe Goldberg - Liner Notes
* Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Altoist Gigi Gryce's next to last album before permanently dropping out of jazz has been reissued on this CD. With trumpeter Richard Williams, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist Julian Euell, and drummer Mickey Roker also part of what was a working quintet, Gryce (underrated as a soloist and a particularly strong composer) had one of his finest bands. The group swings its way through two of Gryce's lesser-known originals and three then-recent obscurities. Interesting and generally fresh straight-ahead jazz.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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