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 Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce , released by Columbia Records in 1957.[ 2] [ 3]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 4]
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.”[ 4]
Track listing
All tracks are by Gigi Gryce except where noted.
“Speculation” (Horace Silver ) – 3:38
“Over the Rainbow ” (Harold Arlen , Yip Harburg ) – 8:21
“Nica’s Tempo” – 5:27
“Blue Concept” – 5:03
“Little Niles” (Randy Weston ) – 7:04
“Sans Souci” – 7:17
“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
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
As WithPepper WithThe Jazz WithGigi WithJackie WithHank With
Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin’ with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny’s Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin’ Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin’ Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner’s Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don’t Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver’s Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor’s Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums WithPepper WithKenny WithJohn WithArt WithElla WithCurtis WithColeman WithMilt WithJ.J. WithSonny With
Tentets Franco Ambrosetti , 1985)Boss Tenor Gene Ammons , 1960)Big Brass Benny Bailey , 1960)Bash! Dave Bailey , 1961)Who Is Gary Burton? Gary Burton , 1962)Jazz Lab Donald Byrd , 1957)Carter, Gillespie Inc. Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie , 1976)Paul Chambers Quintet More Party Time Arnett Cobb , 1960)Movin’ Right Along Rhythm in Mind Steve Coleman , 1991)Sonny’s Dream (Birth of the New Cool) Sonny Criss , 1968)Straight Ahead Collectors’ Items Miles Davis , 1956)Quiet Kenny Kenny Dorham , 1959)The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album Opening Remarks Ted Dunbar , 1978)Patented by Edison Harry “Sweets” Edison , 1960)The Book Cooks Booker Ervin , 1960)The Song Book Chromatic Palette Tal Farlow , 1981)The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 Gettin’ with It Benny Golson , 1959)Free The Panther! Dexter Gordon , 1970)The Swingin’est Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958)Grey’s Mood Al Grey , 1973–75)It’s About Time Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)Can’t Help Swinging Drum Suite Slide Hampton , 1962)Out of the Afternoon Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk , 1962)Really Big! Jimmy Heath , 1960)New Picture Porgy & Bess Joe Henderson , released 1997)The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard Mirage Bobby Hutcherson , 1991)Bossa Nova Plus Willis Jackson , 1962)Desert Winds Illinois Jacquet , 1962)Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants Let’s Swing! Budd Johnson , 1960)Heart to Heart Elvin Jones , 1980)Blues for Dracula Philly Joe Jones , 1958)Detroit – New York Junction Thad Jones , 1956)Mad Thad A Story Tale Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red , 1961)The Adventurer Booker Little 4 and Max Roach Booker Little Vocalese The Manhattan Transfer , 1985)Flute Flight Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar , 1957)Flute Soufflé Dusty Blue Howard McGhee , 1960)Reincarnation of a Lovebird Charles Mingus , 1960)De Lawd’s Blues Billy Mitchell , 1980)Smooth as the Wind Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Jeru Gerry Mulligan , 1962)Jive at Five Joe Newman , 1960)Good ‘n’ Groovy Frank Foster , 1960)Joe’s Hap’nin’s Straight Life Art Pepper , 1979)The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Limbo Carnival Dave Pike , 1962)Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! Pony’s Express Pony Poindexter , 1962)Keep Swingin’ Julian Priester , 1960)Wisteria Jimmy Raney , 1985)Swingin’ with Pee Wee Pee Wee Russell , 1960)Stable Mates A. K. Salim , 1957)Here Comes Louis Smith Louis Smith , 1958)Roots Idrees Sulieman , 1957)Tate-a-Tate Buddy Tate , 1960)Color Changes Clark Terry , 1960)Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again Stan “The Man” Turrentine ZT’s Blues Stanley Turrentine , 1961)The Frank Wess Quartet Southern Comfort Frank Wess , 1962)California Soul Gerald Wilson , 1968)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)Rights of Swing
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