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). For the Melbourne jazz club, see The JazzLab.

Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia.^[2][3]

Jazz Lab
Studio album by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Released	1958
Recorded	February 4–5 & March 13, 1957 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia CL 998[1]
Gigi Gryce chronology
Nica's Tempo (1955) Jazz Lab (1958) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (1957)
Donald Byrd chronology
Three Trumpets (1957) Jazz Lab (1958) At Newport (1957)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

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."^[4]

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