Reminiscin'
{{Infobox album
| name = Reminiscin'
| type = Studio
| artist = Gigi Gryce Orch-Tette
| cover = Reminiscin'.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = November 7, 9 & 10, 1960
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Mercury
MG 20628
| producer =
| chronology = Gigi Gryce
| prev_title = The Rat Race Blues
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Doin' the Gigi
| next_year = 1957-61
}}
Reminiscin' is an album by saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the Mercury label.[http://www.attictoys.com/GigiGryce/Gigi_Gryce_discography.php Gigi Gryce discography] accessed July 25, 2014[http://www.jazzdisco.org/gigi-gryce/catalog/#mercury-mg-20628 Gigi Gryce catalog] accessed July 25, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Gitler |first=Ira |date=October 12, 1961 |title=Gigi Gryce: Reminiscin': Gigi Gryce Orch-tette |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=21 |page=29 }}
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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, concluded: "Gryce has achieved a balance between the blowing and arranged sections. The latter set off the former, investing the soloists' spots with greater interest and making the album a success". AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating: "This is alternately reflective, dashing, and sentimental."Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/reminiscin-gigi-gryce-orch-tette-mw0000853373 AllMusic Review] accessed July 25, 2014
Track listing
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
- "Blue Lights" – 3:25
- "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) – 4:26
- "Reminiscing" – 4:01
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 4:46
- "Gee Blues Gee" (Randy Weston) – 3:22
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 5:12
- "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:36
- Recorded in New York City on November 7 (track 6), November 9 (tracks 1, 5 & 7) and November 10 (tracks 2–4 & 8), 1960
Personnel
- Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
- Richard Williams – trumpet
- Eddie Costa – vibraphone (tracks 2–4, 6 & 8)
- Richard Wyands – piano
- George Duvivier (tracks 2–4 & 8), Julian Euell (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Reggie Workman (track 6) – bass
- Walter Perkins (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Bobby Thomas (tracks 2–4, 6 & 8) – drums
References
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