Jazz Lab

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{{Infobox album

| name = Jazz Lab

| type = Studio

| artist = Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce

| cover = Jazz Lab.jpg

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| released = 1958

| recorded = February 4–5 & March 13, 1957
New York City

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| genre = Jazz

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| label = Columbia
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| producer =

| chronology = Gigi Gryce

| prev_title = Nica's Tempo

| prev_year = 1955

| next_title = Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet

| next_year = 1957

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Donald Byrd

| type = Album

| prev_title = Three Trumpets

| prev_year = 1957

| title = Jazz Lab

| year = 1958

| next_title = At Newport

| next_year = 1957

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Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://news.allaboutjazz.com/gryce-and-byrds-jazz-lab|title=Jazz news: Gryce and Byrd's Jazz Lab|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz News}}[http://www.attictoys.com/GigiGryce/Gigi_Gryce_discography.php Gigi Gryce discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219071634/http://www.attictoys.com/GigiGryce/Gigi_Gryce_discography.php |date=2015-02-19 }} accessed August 31, 2012

Reception

{{Album ratings

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| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

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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."Cook, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-lab-mw0000889906 Allmusic Review] accessed August 31, 2012

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

References

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Category:1958 albums

Category:Gigi Gryce albums

Category:Donald Byrd albums

Category:Columbia Records albums

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