Jazz Lab (Jubilee album)

This article is about the 1958 album released on the Jubilee label. For the 1957 album (with all different tracks) released on the Columbia label, see Jazz Lab.
Jazz Lab
Studio album by
Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd
Released1958
RecordedAugust 9, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelJubilee
JLP 1059
ProducerLee Kraft
Gigi Gryce chronology
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab
(1957) 		Jazz Lab
(1958) 		Modern Jazz Perspective
(1957)

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1957 and released on the Jubilee label.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Blue Lights" - 4:00
  2. "Onion Head" (Donald Byrd) - 4:44
  3. "Isn't It Romantic" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:51
  4. "Bat Land" - 7:05
  5. "Bangoon" (Hank Jones) - 4:57
  6. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:40
  7. "Xtacy" (Byrd) - 8:32

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Donald Byrd discography, accessed July 23, 2014
  2. ^ Cohen, N., Gigi Gryce discography Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 23, 2014
  3. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed July 23, 2014


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