Gigi Gryce
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Biography
George General Grice Jr., who went by the name Gigi Gryce and later as Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz musician, composer, arranger and teacher who died in 1983. Born into a musical family, he learned to play in his teens and following military service studied at the Boston Conservatory. He played with bands in Boston and New York and had a stint with the Lionel Hampton band including a tour of Europe in 1953.
Back in America he gained a reputation for arranging and became a respected composer. He continued to perform and arrange through the 1950s including recordings with Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Herbie Mann and Johnny Ray but in 1963 he turned away from performing completely to become a teacher. His albums include 'Nica's Tempo' (1955), 'Jazz Lab' (1957), 'Gigi Gryce' (1058), 'The Rat Race Blues' (1960) and 'Reminiscin' (1960).
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- Speculation featuring Art Farmer
- Perdido featuring Art Farmer
- Two French Fries featuring Art Farmer
- Minority featuring Walter Bishop Jr.
- Not so Sleepy featuring Art Farmer
- Smoke Signal featuring Art Farmer
- Hello featuring Walter Bishop Jr.
- Deep Passion featuring Art Farmer
- Sunrise-Sunset featuring Art Farmer
- Stablemates featuring Gigi Gryce
- Sans Souci featuring Gigi Gryce
- I Remember Clifford featuring Gigi Gryce
- Nica's Tempo featuring Art Farmer
- Eleanor featuring Walter Bishop Jr.
- Blue Concept featuring Gigi Gryce
- Little Niles by Gigi Gryce
- Tip-Toeing featuring Gigi Gryce
- Mesabi Chant featuring Gigi Gryce
- Over the Rainbow (From "the Wizard of Oz") by Gigi Gryce
- Satellite by Gigi Gryce
- Off Minor featuring Gigi Gryce
- Strictly Romantic featuring Walter Bishop Jr.
- I Remember Clifford featuring Gigi Gryce
- Evening In Casablanca by Gigi Gryce
