Hello – Gigi Gryce
A charming ballad with a lyrical melody. Lead sheets and second parts available.
- Recording: Art Blakey - Blakey
- Recorded on: May 20, 1954
- Label: EmArcy (MG 26030)
- Concert Key: E-flat
- Style: Ballad
- Trumpet - Joe Gordon
- Alto Sax - Gigi Gryce
- Piano - Walter Bishop, Jr.
- Bass - Bernie Griggs
- Drums - Art Blakey
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Drummer Art Blakey liked recording beautiful ballads. Gigi plays a nice alto sax counter line to the trumpet melody; it's the second part edition, playable by any instrument.
This is an Art Blakey quintet one year before the creation of the Jazz Messengers. Gigi Gryce toured Europe with Lionel Hampton in 1953. While he was there he led several sessions in France, once of which included Hello, with Lucky Thompson. When he came back from Paris in February of 1954, he first recorded with Henri Renaud on February 28. On June 7, Gigi wasn't performing, but the Art Farmer Septet was recording his compositions Wildwood and Tiajuana. The day before this recording Gigi was in the studio recording the album "When Farmer Met Gryce" for Prestige. That album included A Night at Tony's, Blue Concept, Stupendous Lee and other Gryce compositions.
Two more great Gryce titles from the "Blakey" recording are also available: Minority and Salute To Birdland.
Learn more about Gigi Gryce at Noal Cohen's Jazz History website. Also see Gryce's discography.
Two more great Gryce titles from the "Blakey" recording are also available: Minority and Salute To Birdland.
Learn more about Gigi Gryce at Noal Cohen's Jazz History website. Also see Gryce's discography.
Gigi Gryce
November 28, 1925 – March 17, 1983
Gigi Gryce was a fine altoist in the 1950s, but it was his writing skills, both composing and arranging (including composing the standard Minority) that were considered most notable. After growing up in Hartford, CT, and studying at the Boston Conservatory and in Paris, Gryce worked in New York with Max Roach, Tadd Dameron, and Clifford Brown. He toured Europe in 1953 with Lionel Hampton and led several sessions in France on that trip. Read more...