Gigi Gryce

Born: 
11/28/1925
City: 
Pensacola
Region: 
FL
Country: 
USA
Died: 
03/14/1983
Years Active: 
1940's-1960's
Instruments: 
Clarinet, Flute, Sax
Recorded With: 
Clifford Brown
Betty Carter
Teddy Charles
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
Lee Morgan
Mal Waldron

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Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice, Jr.) was an American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band bandleader. He retired from music in the early 1960s, due primarily to frustration with the financial side of his career.

Discography

Volume 2
Released: 1955
The Magnificent Thad Jones, Vol. 3
Released: 1956
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi
Released: 1956
Earl Coleman Returns
Released: 1956
Jazz Lab
Released: 1957
Modern Jazz Perspective
Released: 1957
Gigi Gryce & the Jazz Lab Quintet
Released: 1957
Out There
Released: 1958
At Newport
Released: 1958
Sliding Easy
Released: 1959
Uhuru Afrika
Released: 1961
Social Call
Released: 1980