Reminiscin'

Reminiscin'
Studio album by
Gigi Gryce Orch-Tette
Released1960
RecordedNovember 7, 9 & 10, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelMercury
MG 20628
Gigi Gryce chronology
The Rat Race Blues
(1960) 		Reminiscin'
(1960) 		Doin' the Gigi
(1957-61)

Reminiscin' is an album by saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the Mercury label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[4]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, concluded: "Gryce has achieved a balance between the blowing and arranged sections. The latter set off the former, investing the soloists' spots with greater interest and making the album a success".[4] AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating: "This is alternately reflective, dashing, and sentimental."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Blue Lights" – 3:25
  2. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) – 4:26
  3. "Reminiscing" – 4:01
  4. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 4:46
  5. "Gee Blues Gee" (Randy Weston) – 3:22
  6. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 5:12
  7. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:36
  • Recorded in New York City on November 7 (track 6), November 9 (tracks 1, 5 & 7) and November 10 (tracks 2–4 & 8), 1960

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Gigi Gryce discography accessed July 25, 2014
  2. ^ Gigi Gryce catalog accessed July 25, 2014
  3. ^ a b Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed July 25, 2014
  4. ^ a b Gitler, Ira (October 12, 1961). "Gigi Gryce: Reminiscin': Gigi Gryce Orch-tette". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 29.