Gigi Gryce Featuring Richard Williams - The Rat Race Blues flac album

Written-By – Gigi Gryce. Gigi Gryce Featuring Richard Williams. Gigi Gryce Featuring Richard Williams - The Rat Race Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE). Original Jazz Classics, New Jazz.

Artists Gigi Gryce The Rat Race Blues. The Rat Race Blues Gigi Gryce. This album has an average beat per minute of 126 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 84/196 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist The Rat Race Blues. 1. Leila's Blues - From "Saying Somethin'!"

Cassette - Original Jazz Classics. Altoist Gigi Gryce's next to last album before permanently dropping out of jazz has been reissued on this CD. With trumpeter Richard Williams, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist Julian Euell, and drummer Mickey Roker also part of what was a working quintet, Gryce (underrated as a soloist and a particularly strong composer) had one of his finest bands. The group swings its way through two of Gryce's lesser-known originals and three then-recent obscurities. Interesting and generally fresh straight-ahead jazz.

Richard Williams) (Vinyl) JazzJazz. Release source: CD. Year: 1960. 01. The Rat Race Blues.

Gigi Gryce is an eponymous album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the MetroJazz label. In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 3:35. Blues March" (Benny Golson) - 3:03. Seabreeze" (Larry Douglas, Fred Norman, Romare Bearden) - 2:30. Bangoon" (Hank Jones) - 2:43. It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) - 3:16.

Gigi Gryce's mysterious disappearance in the early '60 was quite unusual, but this left behind some remarkable work. The Hap'nin's" is one fine example of Gryce's hard bop writing. His quintet is comprised of Richard Williams on trumpet (a VERY underrated player), Richard Wyands on piano, Julien Euell on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums. The music is a very fine example of hard bop and shows just how great of a composer Gigi Gryce was. Gryce also was a talented arranger for large ensembles. This album is now out-of-print and I don't see it coming back anytime soon. I'm glad I bought all of his recordings at the right time. Also check out: Saying Somethin' Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet Nica's Tempo The Rat Race Blues When Farmer Met Gryce The Art Farmer Quintet, Featuring Gigi Gryce. 3 people found this helpful.