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Gigi Gryce

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Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983) was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. [1]

128 relations: A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers, Addison Farmer, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Afro-Cuban (album), Ahmadiyya, Al Hayse, Alan Dawson, Alan Hovhaness, All Music Guide to Jazz, Alto saxophone, Another One (Oscar Pettiford album), Anthony Ortega (musician), Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Arthur Honegger, At Newport (Cecil Taylor and Gigi Gryce album), Benny Golson, Benny Golson and the Philadelphians, Benny Golson's New York Scene, Betty Carter, Big Maybelle, Birth of the Cool, Blakey (album), Boston Conservatory, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Clifford Scott (musician), Clifford Solomon, Columbia Records, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Doin' the Gigi, Donald Byrd, Duke Jordan, Earl Coleman (singer), Eddie Costa, Federal Music Project, Flute, Fordham University, Freddie Redd, Fulbright Program, G.I. Bill, Gigi Gryce (album), Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet, Great Depression, Hard bop, Henri Renaud, Herbie Mann, Horace Silver, ..., Howard McGhee, I Can't Help It (album), Jackie Paris, Jazz, Jazz Contrasts, Jazz Lab, Jazz Lab (Jubilee album), Jazz Recital, Jazz standard, Jimmy Cleveland, Johnnie Ray, Jubilee Records, Kenny Clarke, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Lee Morgan Vol. 3, Leo Wright, Lionel Hampton, Mal Waldron, Mal-1, Mat Mathews, Max Roach, Memorial (Clifford Brown album), Memorial Album, Mercury Records, MetroJazz Records, Minority (Gigi Gryce song), Modern Art (Art Farmer album), Modern Jazz Perspective, Monk Montgomery, Monk's Music, Nadia Boulanger, Nation of Islam, New Formulas from the Jazz Lab, Nica's Tempo, Oscar Pettiford, Out There (Betty Carter album), Pensacola, Florida, Percy Heath, Phil Edmonds, Prestige Records, Quartal and quintal harmony, Quincy Jones, Randy Weston, RCA Records, Reminiscin', Rhythm Crazy, Rich Versus Roach, Riverside Records, Ron Wynn, Sabby Lewis, Salute to the Flute, Savoy Records, Saying Somethin'!, Sliding Easy, Social Call, Sunni Islam, Tadd Dameron, Teddy Charles, Thad Jones, The Art Farmer Septet, The Greatest Trumpet of Them All, The Hap'nin's, The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley, The Modern Touch, The Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts, The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi, The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two, The Rat Race Blues, The Teddy Charles Tentet, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, Theory of Art (jazz album), Tony Scott (musician), Uhuru Afrika, Uptown Records, Verve Records, When Farmer Met Gryce. Expand index (78 more) »

A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers

A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers is a live album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers originally released on the Elektra label in 1957.

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Addison Farmer

Addison Gerald Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 20, 1963, New York City) was an American jazz bassist.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church or AME, is a predominantly African-American Methodist denomination based in the United States.

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Afro-Cuban (album)

Afro-Cuban is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham.

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Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya (officially, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at; الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, transliterated: al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyyah al-Aḥmadiyyah; احمدیہ مسلم جماعت) is an Islamic religious movement founded in Punjab, British India, in the late 19th century.

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Al Hayse

Alvin Cooper Hayse (April 7, 1921, Detroit - May 1982, Michigan) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Alan Dawson

Alan Dawson (July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996) was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston.

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Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an Armenian-American composer.

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All Music Guide to Jazz

All Music Guide to Jazz is a non-fiction book that is an encyclopedic referencing of jazz music compiled under the direction of All Media Guide.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Another One (Oscar Pettiford album)

Another One (also released as Oscar Pettiford Volume 2) is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1955 and first issued on the Bethlehem label.

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Anthony Ortega (musician)

Anthony Robert "Tony" Ortega (born June 7, 1928, Los Angeles) is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist.

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Art Blakey

Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.

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Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

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Arthur Honegger

Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris.

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At Newport (Cecil Taylor and Gigi Gryce album)

At Newport is a live album by the Gigi Gryce–Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory and the Cecil Taylor Quartet recorded for the Verve label at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1957.

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Benny Golson

Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Benny Golson and the Philadelphians

Benny Golson and the Philadelphians is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson which was recorded in Paris in December 1958.

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Benny Golson's New York Scene

Benny Golson's New York Scene is the debut album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Contemporary label.

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Betty Carter

Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies.

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Big Maybelle

Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer.

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Birth of the Cool

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1957 on Capitol Records.

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Blakey (album)

Blakey is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in 1954 and originally released on the EmArcy label as a 10-inch LP.

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Boston Conservatory

The Boston Conservatory is a formerly independent performing arts conservatory in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor (March 15, 1929 - April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Clifford Brown

Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956), also known as "Brownie", was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Clifford Scott (musician)

Clifford Donley Scott (June 21, 1928, San Antonio, Texas - April 19, 1993, San Antonio) was an American saxophonist and flautist who played in jazz, blues, and R&B idioms.

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Clifford Solomon

Clifford "King" Solomon (January 17, 1931, Los Angeles - June 21, 2004, Los Angeles) was an American jazz and R&B musician.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Curtis Fuller

Curtis DuBois Fuller (born December 15, 1934) is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.

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Doin' the Gigi

Doin' the Gigi is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce compiling live and studio recordings from 1957 to 1961 which was released on the Uptown label in 2011.

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Donald Byrd

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter.

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Duke Jordan

Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.

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Earl Coleman (singer)

Earl Coleman August 12, 1925 – July 12, 1995) was a jazz singer. Coleman was born in Port Huron, Michigan. When he was a child, he lived with his mother, grandmother, aunt, and step-grandfather. After moving to Indianapolis in 1939, he sang with Ernie Fields and Bardu Ali. He joined the Jay McShann band in 1943 and later sang with Earl Hines, the Billy Eckstine Orchestra, and King Kolax. He then went with McShann to California and recorded with Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, and Max Roach in 1948. In 1954, he worked with Gene Ammons and recorded with Art Farmer and Gigi Gryce. In 1956 he was with Sonny Rollins. By 1960 he was recording as a leader and performed with Gerald Wilson. In 1962 he was with Don Byas in Paris and in the mid-60s with Billy Taylor and Frank Foster. By 1980–86 he was recording with organist Shirley Scott. Coleman was married to actress Marilyn Coleman; they had two children together, a son, Kevin, and a daughter, Kia; he also had a stepdaughter, Marci Allen-Koutsialis, from his wife's previous marriage to jazz percussionist George Allen. Marilyn died on June 25, 2013.

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Eddie Costa

Edwin James "Eddie" Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger.

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Federal Music Project

The Federal Music Project (FMP), part of the Federal government of the United States New Deal program Federal Project Number One, employed musicians, conductors and composers during the Great Depression.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Fordham University

Fordham University is a private research university in New York City.

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Freddie Redd

Freddie Redd (born May 29, 1928) is an American hard-bop pianist and composer.

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Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs whose goal is to improve intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Gigi Gryce (album)

Gigi Gryce is an eponymous album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the MetroJazz label.

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Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet

Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Hard bop

Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music.

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Henri Renaud

Henri Renaud (20 April 1925, in Villedieu-sur-Indre – 17 October 2002, in ParisSteve Voce The Independent, 22 October 2009) was a French jazz pianist and record company executive.

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Herbie Mann

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music.

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Horace Silver

Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.

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Howard McGhee

Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman.

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I Can't Help It (album)

I Can't Help It is a 1992 Betty Carter compilation album.

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Jackie Paris

Carlo Jackie Paris (September 20, 1924 – June 17, 2004) was an American jazz singer and guitarist.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz Contrasts

Jazz Contrasts is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Riverside label.

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Jazz Lab

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.

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Jazz Lab (Jubilee album)

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.

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Jazz Recital

Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and 1955 and originally released on the Norgran label.

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Jazz standard

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners.

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Jimmy Cleveland

James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

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Johnnie Ray

John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.

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Jubilee Records

Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records.

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Kenny Clarke

Kenneth Spearman Clarke (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaquat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and bandleader.

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Kenny Dorham

McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer.

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Lee Morgan

Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Lee Morgan Vol. 3

Lee Morgan Vol.

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Leo Wright

Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas – January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet.

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Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor.

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Mal Waldron

Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

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Mal-1

Mal-1 is the debut album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.

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Mat Mathews

Mat Mathews, born Mathieu Hubert Wijnandts Schwarts (June 18, 1924 – February 12, 2009), was a Dutch jazz accordionist.

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Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer.

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Memorial (Clifford Brown album)

Memorial is a 1956 jazz album by trumpeter Clifford Brown issued posthumously.

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Memorial Album

Memorial Album is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown composed of tracks recorded at two sessions in 1953 and originally released on the Blue Note label in September 1956.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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MetroJazz Records

MetroJazz was an American jazz record label founded in 1958 as a division of MGM Records.

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Minority (Gigi Gryce song)

"Minority" is a 16-bar jazz standard in a minor key by Gigi Gryce, first recorded with Clifford Brown in Paris on October 8, 1953.

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Modern Art (Art Farmer album)

Modern Art is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances recorded in 1958 and originally released on the United Artists label.

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Modern Jazz Perspective

Modern Jazz Perspective is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, with featured vocalist Jackie Paris, recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.

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Monk Montgomery

William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist.

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Monk's Music

Monk's Music is an album by Thelonious Monk's jazz septet.

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Nadia Boulanger

Juliette Nadia Boulanger (16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher.

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Nation of Islam

The Nation of Islam, abbreviated as NOI, is an African American political and religious movement, founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.

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New Formulas from the Jazz Lab

New Formulas from the Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1957 but not released until 1982 on the French RCA label.

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Nica's Tempo

Nica's Tempo is an album by Gigi Gryce recorded in 1955.

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Oscar Pettiford

Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer.

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Out There (Betty Carter album)

Out There (also listed as Out There with Betty Carter) is a bebop album by jazz vocalist Betty Carter with an ensemble under the direction of alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, approximately from the border with Alabama, and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Percy Heath

Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975.

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Phil Edmonds

Phillipe-Henri Edmonds (born 8 March 1951) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level and Middlesex at county level.

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Prestige Records

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City.

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Quartal and quintal harmony

In music, quartal harmony is the building of harmonic structures with a distinct preference for the intervals of the perfect fourth, the augmented fourth and the diminished fourth.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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Randy Weston

Randy Weston (born April 6, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American jazz pianist and composer of Jamaican parentage.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Reminiscin'

Reminiscin is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the Mercury label.

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Rhythm Crazy

Rhythm Crazy is the fourth album led by American trombonist Jimmy Cleveland featuring tracks recorded in 1959 but not released on the EmArcy label until 1964.

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Rich Versus Roach

Rich versus Roach is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time.

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Riverside Records

Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label.

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Ron Wynn

Ron Wynn is a music critic, author, former ferryman and AllMusic editor.

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Sabby Lewis

William Sebastian "Sabby" Lewis (November 1, 1914 in Middleburgh, North Carolina – July 9, 1994) was a jazz pianist, band leader, and arranger.

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Salute to the Flute

Salute to the Flute (reissued as When Lights Are Low) is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Epic label.

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Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Saying Somethin'!

Saying Somethin'! is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the New Jazz label.

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Sliding Easy

Sliding Easy is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 1959 and released on the United Artists label.

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Social Call

Social Call is an album by Betty Carter featuring Ray Bryant and a big band arranged by Gigi Gryce.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam.

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Tadd Dameron

Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist.

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Teddy Charles

Teddy Charles (April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012) was an American jazz musician and composer whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums.

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Thad Jones

Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists.".

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The Art Farmer Septet

The Art Farmer Septet is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer, featuring performances recorded in 1953 and 1954, arranged by Quincy Jones and Gigi Gryce, and released by Prestige Records in 1956.

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The Greatest Trumpet of Them All

The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

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The Hap'nin's

The Hap'nin's is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the New Jazz label.

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The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley

The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley was the debut album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1953 and first released on the Debut label as a 10-inch LP.

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The Modern Touch

The Modern Touch is the second album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Riverside label.

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The Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts

The Music Conservatory was founded in 1867 as the Chicago Musical College, a conservatory.

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The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1956 and first issued on the ABC-Paramount label.

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The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (also referred to as O.P.'s Jazz Men) is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford that was recorded in 1957 and first issued on the ABC-Paramount label.

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The Rat Race Blues

The Rat Race Blues is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the New Jazz label.

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The Teddy Charles Tentet

The Teddy Charles Tentet is a 1956 jazz album featuring a tentet led by multi-instrumentalist Teddy Charles.

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1961 album by Thelonious Monk issued on Jazzland Records, a subsidiary of Riverside Records.

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Theory of Art (jazz album)

Theory of Art is a 1987 reissue of A Night in Tunisia, a 1957 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for RCA's Vik label.

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Tony Scott (musician)

Tony Scott (born Anthony Joseph Sciacca June 17, 1921 – March 28, 2007) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger known for an interest in folk music around the world.

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Uhuru Afrika

Uhuru Afrika (subtitled/translated as Freedom Africa) is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.

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Uptown Records

Uptown Records was an American record label, founded by Andre Harrell in 1986.

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Verve Records

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.

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When Farmer Met Gryce

When Farmer Met Gryce is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce

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