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Gigi Gryce - The Rat Race Blues (1960) Genre: Jazz / hard bop Original Release Date: June 7, 1960 | Time: 40:11 | Label: New Jazz/OJC

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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.



Amazon reviewer:

This was Gigi Gryce's third and last album recorded for Prestige, all of them done in 1960. The tunes, which are all originals, are fantastic, especially the title track and BOXER'S BLUES; BOXER is a slow 24-bar blues that is absolutely compelling - it's hard to get the tune out of your head after hearing it. RAT RACE is at the other end of the spectrum - an up-tempo, 12-bar blues that cooks as well as seethes. Everyone plays brilliantly throughout. This CD has gotten repeated playing since I bought it years ago; it's Gigi Gryce at his best. Well worth getting.

A killer set from one of the most-overlooked talents of the 50s -- the great Gigi Gryce, a fantastic arranger and player whose talents get more forgotten as every year passes by! This set features Gryce working in a well-fitting quintet with the great Richard Williams on trumpet -- and the group plays together in a style that mixes easy blowing soul jazz with some of the modernism that was always inherent in Gryce's writing and playing, and which Williams was certainly getting a name for in his work with Mingus. The record's got a lot more surprises than you'd expect -- but most of all, it's got a deeply soulful bottom, free from any of the cliches of the era, and expressed in fresh modern tones that should have been allowed further development over the years. - Dustygroove.com

Personnel:

Richard Williams (trumpet)

Gigi Gryce (alto sax)

Richard Wyands (pinao)

Julian Euell (bass)

Mickey Roker (drums)

Tracks:

1. The Rat Race Blues (6:35)

2. Strange Feelin' (7:45)

3. Boxer's Blues (6:58)

4. Blues In Bloom (7:44)

5. Monday Through Sunday (11:09)

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