Wake Up! – Gigi Gryce

A rousing uptempo swinger, based on "rhythm changes" but with a different bridge. The two recordings have slightly different quintet arrangements; we have second parts and Concert Condensed Scores for both.

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...

33 songs available.