The year 1957 was a bountiful one for Gigi Gryce. The alto saxophonist teamed with trumpeter Donald Byrd and formed the Jazz Lab, a group that allowed Gryce to record and perform his compositions and those by other artists with a singular feel that was outside of the jazz styles common then. From February to September 1957, Gryce and Byrd recorded Jazz …
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