Modern Jazz Perspective
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Article ImagesModern 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.[2][3]
Modern Jazz Perspective | ||||
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Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | August 30 and September 3 & 5, 1957 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Columbia CL 1058[1] | |||
Gigi Gryce chronology | ||||
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Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [4] |
Disc | [5] |
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
- "Medley: Early Morning Blues (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy)/ Now, Don't You Know" (Gryce, as "Lee Sears") – 3:45
- "Early Bird" (Donald Byrd) – 7:31
- "Elgy" (Byrd) – 6:28
- "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 4:59
- "Steppin' Out" – 5:30
- "Social Call" – 4:43
- "An Evening in Casablanca" – 5:05
- "Satellite" – 4:26
- Recorded in New York City on August 30, 1957 (tracks 6–8), September 3, 1957 (tracks 1–3), and September 5, 1957 (tracks 4 & 5)
- Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone (tracks 4 & 5)
- Julius Watkins – French horn (tracks 4 & 5)
- Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone (tracks 4 & 5)
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
- Jackie Paris – banjo (track 1), vocals (tracks 1–3)
- S. Neil Fujita – cover artwork
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gigi Gryce discography accessed August 31, 2012
- ^ Crowther, Bruce; Pinfold, Mike (May 18, 1997). Singing Jazz:: The Singers and Their Styles. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879305192 – via Google Books.
- ^ Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
- ^ Hall, Tony (November 8, 1958). "Unusual, enterprising controversial: You must hear it!". Disc. No. 40. pp. 6–7.