Jazz Lab

This article is about the 1957 album released on the Columbia label. For the 1958 album released on the Jubilee label, see Jazz Lab (Jubilee album).

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "With some of the best arrangements heard in jazz and excellent solos by Gryce, Byrd, and Flanagan, Jazz Lab makes for an excellent introduction to the hard bop catalog".

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

1. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 3:38
2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 8:21
3. "Nica's Tempo" - 5:27
4. "Blue Concept" - 5:03
5. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 7:04
6. "Sans Souci" - 7:17
7. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:57

• Recorded in New York City on February 4, 1957 (tracks 1 & 3), February 5, 1957 (tracks 2 & 6), and March 13, 1957 (tracks 4, 5 & 7)

Personnel

• Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone
• Donald Byrd - trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 5 & 7), Benny Powell (tracks 1 & 3) - trombone
• Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1-3 & 6), Wade Legge (tracks 4, 5 & 7) - piano
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• Art Taylor - drums