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This article is about the 1957 album released on the Columbia label. For the 1958 album released on the Jubilee label, see Jazz Lab (Jubilee album). For the Melbourne jazz club, see The JazzLab.

1958 studio album by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Jazz Lab
Studio album by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Released1958
RecordedFebruary 4–5 & March 13, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
CL 998
Gigi Gryce chronology
Nica's Tempo
(1955) 		Jazz Lab
(1958) 		Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet
(1957)
Donald Byrd chronology
Three Trumpets
(1957) 		Jazz Lab
(1958) 		At Newport
(1957)

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

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."

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

  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. Jazz, All About. "Jazz news: Gryce and Byrd's Jazz Lab". All About Jazz News.
  3. Gigi Gryce discography Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 31, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
Donald Byrd
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Tommy Flanagan
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