Gigi Gryce

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Gigi Gryce was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his work in the 1950s hard bop scene and his sophisticated, melodic writing.

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Gigi Gryce canonical 17
Gigi Gryce-Davis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alto saxophonist ⓘ
arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activePeriod 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs George Grice ⓘ
Gigi Gryce-Davis ⓘ
linked to: Gigi Gryce
associatedAct Donald Byrd–Gigi Gryce Jazz Lab ⓘ
associatedBand Jazz Lab ⓘ
collaboratedWith Art Blakey ⓘ
Benny Golson ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Donald Byrd ⓘ
Horace Silver ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-11-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-03-14 ⓘ
education Boston Conservatory of Music ⓘ
linked to: Boston Conservatory
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fullName George General Grice Jr. ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
movement hard bop ⓘ
notableAlbum Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet ⓘ
Nica’s Tempo ⓘ
The Rat Race Blues ⓘ
notableFor contributions to 1950s hard bop scene ⓘ
notableWork Hymn to the Orient ⓘ
Minority ⓘ
Nica’s Tempo ⓘ
Smoke Signal ⓘ
Social Call ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pensacola, Florida, United States ⓘ
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
recordLabel Prestige Records ⓘ
Riverside Records ⓘ
Signal Records ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
servedIn United States Navy ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex arrangements ⓘ
sophisticated melodic writing ⓘ

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