Gigi

Lucky Thompson & Gigi Gryce - Street Scenes (1993) {RCA–Vogue 74321154672 rec 1953-1956}
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© 1953-56, 1993 RCA / Vogue / Disques Vogue | 74321154672 | American Jazz In Paris Series
Jazz / Bebop / Straight-ahead jazz / Saxophone

Tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded enough material as a leader during the first half of 1956 (mostly in Paris) to fill up 12 LPs. This CD has music from two of his rarer sessions, featuring Thompson playing 12 songs (ten of which are his originals) with a French octet that includes pianist Martial Solal and some fine sidemen; these sessions were last available as the Xanadu LP Brown Rose. Thompson's warm tenor is well showcased at a variety of tempoes during the high-quality music.

Art Farmer - Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) {Prestige OJCCD-241-2 rel 1992}
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© 1955, 1992 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-241-2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trumpet / Saxophone

Seminal early work from Art Farmer – and one of the first full albums to capture his brilliance! The record has Farmer playing in a quintet, with able accompaniment from Gigi Gryce, a young newcomer at this point, with a post-bop complication to his style that was not to dissimilar from Farmer's. Gryce's mode is perhaps a bit more academic than Farmer's, but Art's lyricism offsets that tendency nicely, and the pair work together in a mode that's every bit as pleasing as Gigi's work with Donald Byrd. The set features some great tracks in sort of an exoticist hardbop mode – and titles include "Satellite", "Shabozz", "Sans Souci", and "Evening In Casablanca".

Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce - When Farmer Met Gryce (1955) {Prestige OJCCD-072-2 rel 1994}
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© 1954-55, 1994 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-072-2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trumpet / Saxophone

One of Art Farmer's pivotal mid 50s sides – recorded in the company of altoist Gigi Gryce, a great player and a budding young arranger who helped Farmer really formulate the best side of his sound! The tracks are lyrically modern – but still have a nice dose of soul in them – a wonderful blend that really sets the stage for the move that Art was making away from earlier trumpeters in jazz – into that hip territory that was neither too cool, nor too overblown – and which would almost be known as "Farmer-like" in years to come! The album features Gryce and Farmer in 2 different groups – one with Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums – the other with Freddie Redd on piano, Addison Farmer on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.

Lambert Wilson has gained international fame for his performances in popular movies such as Matrix or La Boum 2 but is also an accomplished singer and a refined music lover. This irresistible bouquet of musical airs highlights the music of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter or Jerome Kern.