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Gigi Gryce

Gigi Gryce has been played on NTS in shows including Throwing Shade, featured first on 14 January 2017. Songs played include Minority.

Gigi Gryce (1925-1983) was an American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. His performing career, though notable, was very short and, in comparison to other musicians of his generation, Gryce's work is little known.

Although primarily a jazz musician, Gryce studied composition with Alan Hovhaness and Daniel Pinkham at the Boston Conservatory following World War II and while there composed a number of symphonic compositions. During the 1950s he achieved some renown for his innovative bebop playing, his primary instrument being the alto…

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Minority
Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Gigi Gryce
Milestone Records1977
Minority
Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Gigi GryceMilestone Records1977
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