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Gigi Gryce

Gigi Gryce, later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was relatively short, much of his work as a player, composer, and arranger was quite influential and well-recognized during his time. However, Gryce abruptly ended his jazz career in the 1960s. This, in addition to his nature as a private person, has resulted in little knowledge of Gryce today. Several of his compositions have been covered extensively and have become minor jazz standards. Gryce's compositional bent includes harmonic choices similar to those of contemporaries Benny Golson, Tadd Dameron and Horace Silver. Gryce's playing, arranging, and composing are most associated with the classic hard bop era. He was a well-educated composer and musician, and wrote some classical works as a student at the Boston Conservatory. As a jazz musician and composer he was influenced by the work of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. From Wikipedia (

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Shabozz

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Deltitnu

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Modern Jazz Perspective

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The Sessions

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The Hap'nin's (feat. Richard Williams)

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Essential Jazz Masters

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When Farmer Met Gryce

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Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet (Remastered 1991) (feat. Donald Byrd, Art Taylor, Wendell Marshall & Wade Legge)

1957

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The Very Best Of

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The Rat Race Blues (Remastered 1991) (feat. Richard Williams)

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Essential Jazz Masters

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