Riverside session · in the studio
March 7, 1957
Jazz Lab / Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, February 27, and
- This day's music is on 3 records: Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet, 8 Ways To Jazz: Cole Porter, Riverside Drive
In the room
- Gigi Gryce – alto sax
Donald Byrd – trumpet- Wade Legge – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
Art Taylor – drums
The takes
What the numbers mean
Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Love For Sale | RLP 12-229, RLP 12-272 |
| – | Geraldine | RLP 12-229 |
| – | Minority | RLP 12-229 |
| – | Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart | RLP 12-229 |
| – | Straight Ahead | RLP 12-229 |
| – | Wake Up! | RLP 12-229, RLP 12-267 |
6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
RLP 12-229 · 1957Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab QuintetJazz Lab / Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet
RLP 12-272 · 19588 Ways To Jazz: Cole PorterVarious Artists
RLP 12-267 · 1958Riverside DriveVarious ArtistsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 998 | Jazz Lab | Don Byrd-Gigi Gryce | 1957 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd, Wade Legge, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 1020 | Jazz Omnibus | Various Artists | 1957 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| CL 1058 | Modern Jazz Perspective | Don Byrd-Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet With Jackie Paris | 1957 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7117 | Taylor's Wailers | Art Taylor's All Stars | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| MGV-8238 | The Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet At Newport | The Gigi Gryce - Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory At Newport | 1957 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| BLP 4004 | Holiday For Skins Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4005 | Holiday For Skins Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor |
2 of them 49 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCP-33 | Oscar Pettiford | Oscar Pettiford Octet | 1955 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd | |
| PRLP 209 | Art Farmer Quintet Volume 2 Featuring Gigi Gryce | The Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce | 1955 | Gigi Gryce, Art Taylor | |
| MGN-1083 | Jazz Recital | Dizzy Gillespie | 1956 | Gigi Gryce, Wade Legge | |
| PRLP 7032 | Jazz For The Carriage Trade | George Wallington Quintet | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7035 | Lights Out! | The Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7048 | 4, 5 And 6 | Jackie McLean | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7060 | Hi Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7061 | Mobleys Message | Hank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7062 | 2 Trumpets | Farmer/Byrd | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7313 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| MG 12042 | Roll Em Bags | Kenny Clarke's Sextet With Milt Jackson | 1956 | Wade Legge, Wendell Marshall | |
| MG 12044 | Top Brass Featuring 5 Trumpets | Various Artists | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| MG 12061 | Meet Milt Jackson | Milt Jackson Septet | 1956 | Wade Legge, Wendell Marshall | |
| MG 12064 | The Jazz Message Of | Kenny Clarke Quintet | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| MG 12065 | Klook's Clique | Kenny Clarke Quintet | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| BLP 1545 | Wailing with Lou | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1554 | Orgy in Rhythm Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1957 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1555 | Orgy in Rhythm Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1957 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7073 | All Night Long | Donald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7081 | All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7085 | When Farmer Met Gryce | The Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce | 1957 | Gigi Gryce, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7114 | Alto Madness | Jackie McLean/John Jenkins | 1957 | Wade Legge, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7119 | 2 Guitars | Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney With Byrd, McLean, Waldron, Watkins, Taylor | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7298 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies | Various Artists | 1957 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BCP-82 | Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume One | Various Artists | 1958 | Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd | |
| BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1591 | Lou Takes Off | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BCP-6027 | Art Blakey Big Band | Art Blakey Big Band | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| PRLP 7130 | All Mornin' Long | The Red Garland Quintet | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| RLP 300 | The Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall | The Thelonious Monk Orchestra | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4006 | Blues In Trinity | Dizzy Reece | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4007 | Off To The Races | Donald Byrd | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4019 | Byrd In Hand | Donald Byrd | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7165 | Party Time | Arnett Cobb | 1959 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7711 | Arnett Cobb Quintet · not on the site yet | Arnett Cobb Quintet | 1959 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| NJLP 8223 | Winchester Special | Lem Winchester & Benny Golson | 1959 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4018 | Davis Cup | Walter Davis Jr. | 1960 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BCP-6037 | Big Band Contrast | Various Artists | 1960 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| PRLP 7181 | Soul Junction | The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane And Donald Byrd | 1960 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| NJLP 8224 | Meet Oliver Nelson | Oliver Nelson Quintet With Kenny Dorham & Ray Bryant | 1960 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| NJLP 8239 | Lem's Beat | Lem Winchester Sextet | 1960 | Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7209 | High Pressure | The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane | 1961 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| RLP 421 | Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits | Thelonious Monk Quintet | 1962 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BCP-6065 | Golden Jazz Instrumentals | Various Artists | 1962 | Donald Byrd, Wendell Marshall | |
| PRLP 7229 | Dig It! | The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane | 1962 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7306 | Biggest Soul Hits | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7316 | Black Pearls | John Coltrane | 1964 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4176 | One Flight Up | Dexter Gordon | 1965 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7448 | The Best Of Kenny Burrell | The Prestige All Stars | 1966 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |