Jazz Lab

Jazz Lab
Studio album by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Released	1957
Recorded	February 4 & 5 and March 13, 1957 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia CL 998
Gigi Gryce chronology
Nica's Tempo (1955) Jazz Lab (1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (1957)
Donald Byrd chronology
Three Trumpets (1957) Jazz Lab (1957) At Newport (1957)

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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".^[2]

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

• Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
• Donald Byrd - trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 5 & 7), Benny Powell (tracks 1 & 3) - trombone
• Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1-3 & 6), Wade Legge (tracks 4, 5 & 7) - piano
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

References

1. Gigi Gryce discography accessed August 31, 2012
2. Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012