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Musiker: Gryce, Gigi
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1925
Todesjahr: 1983
Instrumente: as fl arr comp
Stile / Genres   
Mainstream Jazz → Bebop

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 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
 Art Blakey  —  BlakeyEmArcyMG 260301954LP
 Art Farmer  —  Music for that wild PartyEsquire32-0371955LP
 Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeP 70851954-55LP
 Art Farmer Quintet  —  Art Farmer QuintetMetronome RecordsMEP 96 EP
 Art Farmer Quintet  —  Art Farmer Quintet featuring gigi grycePrestigeOJC-241 oder lp 70171955LP
XBenny Golson  —  BENNY GOLSON'S NEW YORK SCENEContemporary RecordsC35521957LP
 Benny Golson  —  New York SceneContemporary RecordsContemporary C35521957LP
 Betty Carter  —  OUT THERE with BETTY CARTERPeacock RecordsPLP-901958LP
XBetty Carter  —  What A Little Moonlight Can DoImpulseASH-93211958LP
 Big Maybelle  —  Blues & CandySavoySV-02621956-59CD
 Big Maybelle  —  ROOTS OF R'n'R, BLUES and EARLY SOUL, Vol. 13SavoySJL 11431956-59LP
 Billy Taylor and Band  —  KNOW YOUR JAZZ, VOLUME 1ABC ParamountABC 1151956LP
 Clifford Brown  —  Big Band In ParisPrestigeOJCCD-359-21953CD
 Clifford Brown  —  Brownie EyesBlue NoteBN-LA267-G1953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings Of Clifford BrownEmArcy838 306-21954-56CD
 Clifford Brown  —  Complete Blue Note Studio MastersDefinitive RecordsDRCD 112451953CD
 Clifford Brown  —  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCESVogueCLD. 8021953LP
XClifford Brown  —  MemorialPrestigeOJC-017 (P-7055)1953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteBST 815261953CD
 Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteBST 81526 / BLP 15261953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  The CLIFFORD BROWN Memorial AlbumPrestige76621953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  The Clifford Brown Memorial AlbumPrestigePRT-76621953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS OF CLIFFORD BROWNMosaic RecordsMR5-1041953-54LP
XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyJLA. 531953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION VOL.2Jazz LegacyJL.861953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueK23P-67371953LP
XClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3Vogue5001021953LP
 Clifford Brown  —  The Definitive Clifford BrownVerve589 845-21953-56CD
 Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigePR 78401953LP
 Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestige240201953LP
 Clifford Brown Sextet  —  New Star On The HorizonBlue NoteBLP 50321953LP
 Dizzy Gillespie  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11Metro Records2356 0131950-59LP
 Dizzy Gillespie  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11Verve23040671950-59LP
 Dizzy Gillespie  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllWorld Record ClubT. 505*1957LP
 Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra  —  The greatest trumpet of them allWorld Record ClubT. 5051957LP
XDizzy Gillespie Octet  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllVerve2304 382 / MG V-83521957LP
 Dizzy Gillespie with Orchestras  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol.11Ex LibrisXL 171 1211950-59LP
 Don Byrd, Gigi Gryce  —  Don Byrd - Gigi GrycePhilipsB 07904 R1957LP
 Don Byrd, Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet With Jackie Paris  —  Modern Jazz PerspectiveColumbia368101957LP
 Donald Byrd with Pepper Adams and Gigi Gryce  —  YOUNG BYRDMilestone RecordsM-470441957+58LP
 Duke Jordan  —  DO IT YOURSELF JAZZ VOL. 1SavoyMG-121451955LP
 Earl Coleman acc.by Band  —  EARL COLEMAN RETURNSPrestigeLP 70451956LP
 Frank Morgan (Side 1) - Gigi Gryce (Side 2)  —  BIRD CALLS, VOLUME 2SavoySJL 12011954+55LP
 Gig Gryce  —  THE RAT RACE BLUESPrestigeNJ 8262 oder OJC-0811960LP
 Gigi Gryce  —  GIGI GRYCE and the JAZZ LAB QUINTETRiversideRLP 12-229 oder OJC-17741957LP
 Gigi Gryce  —  NICA'S TEMPOSavoyMG 12137 LP
 Gigi Gryce  —  NICA'S TEMPOSavoy MusidiscSA 60231955LP
 Gigi Gryce  —  The hap'nin's, the Gigi Gryce quintetPrestigeNJLP8246 LP
 Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd  —  "new formulas from the Jazz Lab"RCAPL 436981957LP
 Gigi Gryce - Art Farmer - Clifford Brown - James Cleveland  —  THE MANY FACES OF JAZZ Vol.8ModeCMDINT1953LP
 Gigi Gryce -Byrd Donald Jazz Laboratory  —  Gigi Gryce -Byrd Donald Jazz LaboratoryVerve314 589 764 21957CD
 Gil Evans (Rec.1) and Tadd Dameron (Rec.2)  —  THE ARRANGERS' TOUCHPrestigeP-240491953-57LP
 Hank Mobley  —  Complete Jazz Message SessionsThe Jazz FactoryJFCD 228581953-56CD
 Howard McGhee  —  howard McGHEE vol. 2Blue NoteBLP 50241953LP
 Jay Jay Johnson - Al Cohn  —  A DATE IN NEW YORK, Vol. 2Jazz LegacyJL. 961954LP
 John Coltrane  —  Monk & ColtraneRiversideRM 4901957LP
 Lee Morgan  —  The Best Of Lee Morgan - The Blue Note YearsBlue NoteCDP 7 91138 21957-65CD
XLionel Hampton  —  European Concert, 1953IAJRC311953LP
 Lionel Hampton and Orchestras  —  LIONEL HAMPTONMusica Jazz2MJP 10351937-53LP
 Lionel Hampton Orchestra  —  Mustermesse Basel 1953 ITCB RecordsTCB 021721953CD
XLionel Hampton Orchestra  —  Mustermesse Basel 1953 IITCB RecordsTCB 021821953CD
 Mat Mathews  —  THE MODERN ART of jazzDawn RecordsDLP-11041956LP
 Max Roach Quartet  —  Feat. Hank MobleyDebutOJC-2021953LP
 Oscar Pettiford  —  In Memorian Oscar PettifordPhilips08 657.1 L LP
XOscar Pettiford  —  the Finest of OSCAR PETTIFORDBethlehemBCP-60071955LP
 Oscar Pettiford and Band  —  OSCAR PETTIFORD VOLUME 2London RecordsLTZ-NI50351955LP
 Oscar Pettiford and his Birdland Band  —  JAZZ OF THE AIRSpotliteSPJ1531957LP
 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi - Volume 2ABC RecordsABC-2271957LP
 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi - Volume 2ABC RecordsYW-8512-AB1957LP
 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  THE OSCAR PETTIFORD ORCHESTRA in HI FI No.2His Masters VoiceDLP 11971957LP
 Randy Weston  —  BantuRoulette RecordsRE 40 - 503 S1960LP
 Randy Weston  —  Uhuru AfricaRoulette RecordsDRY.210061957/1960LP
 Randy Weston  —  Uhuru Africa/HighlifeCapitol RecordsCDP 79451021990CD
 Tadd Dameron Orchestra - Swedish All Stars  —  Clifford Brown MemorialPrestigeOJCCD-017-21953CD
 Thad Jones  —  The Complete Blue Note / UA / Roulette Recordings of Thad JonesMosaic RecordsMD3-1721956-60CD
 Thad Jones  —  The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3Blue NoteBLP 15461956LP
 The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Deep PassionImpulseGRD-1431956CD
 The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi - FiHMVCLP 11711956LP
 The Teddy Charles Tentet  —  The Teddy Charles TentetLondon RecordsLTZ-KI50341956LP
 Thelonious Monk  —  Monk's MusicARC RecordsEUCD 1288 CD
 Thelonious Monk  —  With John ColtraneJAZZLAND461957LP
 Thelonious Monk  —  With John ColtraneRiversideCA 802 98 9121957CD
 Thelonious Monk Septet  —  Monk's MusicRiversideRLP 12-2421957LP
 Thelonious Monk with the Gigi Gryce Quartet (Side 1) / Herbie Nichols (Side 2)  —  THELONIOUS MONK / HERBIE NICHOLSSavoySJL 11661952+55LP
 Tony Scott And His Orchestra ‎  —  The Complete Tony ScottRCA Victor7431421321956CD
 Tony Scott Orchestra  —  The Complete Tony ScottRCA14521956LP
XVarious  —  25 YEARS BLUE NOTE - ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - MODERN JAZZ SERIESBlue Note10011947-53LP
 Various  —  AUTOBIOGRAPHY in JAZZDebut RecordsOJC-1151952-54LP
 Various  —  AUTOBIOGRAPHY in JAZZDebut RecordsDEB-1981952-54LP
 Various  —  BLUE NOTE'S THREE DECADES OF JAZZBlue NoteBST 89 903/1-2 X1949-59LP
 Various  —  BLUES FOR TOMORROWRiversideRLP 12-2431957LP
 Various  —  Dear Old Stockholm, Americans in Sweden 1949 -1953 Vol.1MetronomeJMLP 2-1021949-53LP
 Various  —  Drums and FlutesThe Franklin Mint Record SocietyFM JAZZ 073-0761927-79LP
 Various  —  Giants Of Be-bop Volume 31Monkey RecordsMY 400311945-49LP
 Various  —  HISTORY OF JAZZBYG RecordsBYG 5296061946-56LP
XVarious  —  Jazz BrassThe Franklin Mint Record SocietyFM JAZZ 089-0921927-81LP
 Various  —  JAZZ OF THE 40th - JAZZ OF THE 50th VOL.19Monkey RecordsMY 400191941-58LP
 Various  —  Jazz Olympus SeriesPhilipsB 13201 R LP
 Various  —  JAZZ OMNIBUSColumbiaCL 1020 LP
 Various  —  LADIES SING THE BLUES VOLUME 2SavoySJL 2256*1952-57LP
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Label 
"Philly" Joe Jones Gil Evans (Rec.1) and Tadd Dameron (Rec.2)  —  THE ARRANGERS' TOUCHPrestigeLP
A night at Tony's Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeLP
A night to Tony's Dizzy Gillespie  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllWorld Record ClubLP
A night to Tony'sXDizzy Gillespie Octet  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllVerveLP
African Lady Randy Weston  —  Uhuru AfricaRoulette RecordsLP
All of me Various  —  LADIES SING THE BLUES VOLUME 2SavoyLP
All The Things You Are Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
All the things you are Clifford Brown  —  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCESVogueLP
All the things you are (Take 1)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
All the things you are (Take 2)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
All Weird Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All WeirdXClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All Weird Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
All Weird (Take 1)XClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All Weird (Take 1) Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All Weird (Take 1) Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
All Weird (Take 2) Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All Weird (Take 2)XClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
All Weird (Take 2) Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
An evening in Casablanca Don Byrd, Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet With Jackie Paris  —  Modern Jazz PerspectiveColumbiaLP
Aw ! come on Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi - Volume 2ABC RecordsLP
Aw ! come on Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  THE OSCAR PETTIFORD ORCHESTRA in HI FI No.2His Masters VoiceLP
Aw ! come on Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi - Volume 2ABC RecordsLP
Baby Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
Baby (take 1) Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION VOL.2Jazz LegacyLP
Baby (take 2) Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION VOL.2Jazz LegacyLP
Baby won't you please come home ? Various  —  LADIES SING THE BLUES VOLUME 2SavoyLP
Bantu Randy Weston  —  Uhuru AfricaRoulette RecordsLP
Blue bird of happiness Betty Carter  —  OUT THERE with BETTY CARTERPeacock RecordsLP
Blue boy Lionel Hampton and Orchestras  —  LIONEL HAMPTONMusica JazzLP
Blue Concept Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
Blue concept Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeLP
Blue lights Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeLP
Blues after dark Dizzy Gillespie  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllWorld Record ClubLP
Blues after dark Dizzy Gillespie with Orchestras  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol.11Ex LibrisLP
Blues after dark Dizzy Gillespie  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11Metro RecordsLP
Blues after dark Dizzy Gillespie  —  Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11VerveLP
Blues after darkXDizzy Gillespie Octet  —  The Greatest Trumpet Of Them AllVerveLP
Blues for tomorrows Various  —  BLUES FOR TOMORROWRiversideLP
Boo wah Jay Jay Johnson - Al Cohn  —  A DATE IN NEW YORK, Vol. 2Jazz LegacyLP
Brake's sake Various  —  PIANO JAZZ VOL.34Monkey RecordsLP
Brake's sake Thelonious Monk with the Gigi Gryce Quartet (Side 1) / Herbie Nichols (Side 2)  —  THELONIOUS MONK / HERBIE NICHOLSSavoyLP
Brakes sake Gigi Gryce  —  NICA'S TEMPOSavoy MusidiscLP
Brown skins Clifford Brown  —  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCESVogueLP
Brown skinsXVarious  —  Jazz BrassThe Franklin Mint Record SocietyLP
Brown skins (Take 1)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
Brown skins (Take 2)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
Brownie eyes Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteLP
Brownie eyes Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteCD
Brownie eyes Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS OF CLIFFORD BROWNMosaic RecordsLP
Brownskins Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
Brownskins (Take 1) Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
Brownskins (Take 2) Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
Bum's RushXClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Bum's Rush Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Bum's Rush Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
Bum's Rush Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
Bum's rush Gigi Gryce - Art Farmer - Clifford Brown - James Cleveland  —  THE MANY FACES OF JAZZ Vol.8ModeLP
Bum's Rush (Take 1)XClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Bum's Rush (Take 1) Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Bums Rush (Take 2) Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Bums Rush (Take 2)XClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
CapriXBenny Golson  —  BENNY GOLSON'S NEW YORK SCENEContemporary RecordsLP
Capri Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeLP
Cherokee Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteLP
Cherokee Various  —  THE FINEST IN JAZZ SINCE 1939Blue NoteLP
Cherokee Clifford Brown  —  Memorial AlbumBlue NoteCD
Cherokee Various  —  BLUE NOTE'S THREE DECADES OF JAZZBlue NoteLP
Cherokee (alternate take) Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS OF CLIFFORD BROWNMosaic RecordsLP
Cherokee (master) Clifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS OF CLIFFORD BROWNMosaic RecordsLP
Chez Moi Clifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Chez MoiXClifford Brown  —  The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 3VogueLP
Chez moi Clifford Brown  —  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCESVogueLP
Chez moi Clifford Brown Big Band  —  The Clifford Brown Big Band in ParisPrestigeLP
Chez Moi Clifford Brown Quartet, Sextet And Big Band  —  Clifford Brown In ParisPrestigeLP
Chi-chi Max Roach Quartet  —  Feat. Hank MobleyDebutLP
Choose nowXClifford Brown  —  MemorialPrestigeLP
Choose Now (#1) Tadd Dameron Orchestra - Swedish All Stars  —  Clifford Brown MemorialPrestigeCD
Choose Now (#2) Tadd Dameron Orchestra - Swedish All Stars  —  Clifford Brown MemorialPrestigeCD
Choose now (Take 1) Clifford Brown  —  The Clifford Brown Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Choose now (Take 1) Clifford Brown  —  The CLIFFORD BROWN Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Choose now (Take 1) Gil Evans (Rec.1) and Tadd Dameron (Rec.2)  —  THE ARRANGERS' TOUCHPrestigeLP
Choose now (Take 2) Clifford Brown  —  The Clifford Brown Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Choose now (Take 2) Clifford Brown  —  The CLIFFORD BROWN Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Choose now (Take 2) Gil Evans (Rec.1) and Tadd Dameron (Rec.2)  —  THE ARRANGERS' TOUCHPrestigeLP
Come rain or come shine Billy Taylor and Band  —  KNOW YOUR JAZZ, VOLUME 1ABC ParamountLP
Come rain or come shine Earl Coleman acc.by Band  —  EARL COLEMAN RETURNSPrestigeLP
Conception Clifford Brown  —  HISTORICAL PERFORMANCESVogueLP
Conception (Take 1)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
Conception (Take 2)XClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
Cou-manchi-cou Max Roach Quartet  —  Feat. Hank MobleyDebutLP
Deep passion The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra  —  Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi - FiHMVLP
DeltitnuXClifford Brown  —  THE COMPLETE PARIS COLLECTION Vol.1Jazz LegacyLP
Deltitnu Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce  —  WHEN FARMER MET GRYCEPrestigeLP
Dial "B" for beauty Gil Evans (Rec.1) and Tadd Dameron (Rec.2)  —  THE ARRANGERS' TOUCHPrestigeLP
Dial "B" for beautyXClifford Brown  —  MemorialPrestigeLP
Dial "B" for Beauty Tadd Dameron Orchestra - Swedish All Stars  —  Clifford Brown MemorialPrestigeCD
Dial B for beauty Clifford Brown  —  The CLIFFORD BROWN Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Dial B for beauty Clifford Brown  —  The Clifford Brown Memorial AlbumPrestigeLP
Don't squawk Various  —  Drums and FlutesThe Franklin Mint Record SocietyLP
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Gigi Gryce gehörte zu den frühen Hardbop-Musikern. Sein Saxophonton war sowohl von Charlie Parker als auch von Lee Konitz beeinflusst. Er war Mitglied der Jazz Messengers.
Gryce studierte Musik (Klarinette, Altsaxophon, Klavier, Flöte) und Komposition am Bostoner Konservatorium und 1952 als Fulbright-Stipendiat bei Arthur Honegger in Paris. Er spielte seit 1946 professionell und hatte eine eigene Big Band, u.a. mit Horace Silver. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Paris arbeitete er mit Howard McGhee und Max Roach. 1953 ging er mit der Lionel-Hampton-Band - dabei Art Farmer - auf Europatournee und arbeitete mit Tadd Dameron und Clifford Brown. Für dessen Session im August 1953, die auf dem Memorial Album erschienen ist, schrieb er auch Kompositionen und Arrangements. Es waren insbesondere seine Kompositionen, wie „Nica's Tempo“ und Arbeiten für größere Ensembles, mit denen er sich seinen Ruf in der Jazzszene erwarb. Er schrieb auch für Stan Getz, Dakota Staton und Ernestine Anderson.
1955 bis 1957 arbeitete er bei Oscar Pettiford, für den er auch komponierte. 1957 spielte er auf Thelonious Monks Album Monk’s Music an der Seite von Coleman Hawkins und John Coltrane. Ab 1957 leitete er zusammen mit dem Trompeter Donald Byrd das Jazz Lab Quartet mit Pettiford und Tommy Flanagan, mit dem er auch auf dem Newport Jazz Festival 1957 auftrat. Arrangements und Kompositionen, die er dafür aufnahm, spielte Blakey auf Ritual ein, Gryce wurde dort unter dem Pseudonym Lee Sears genannt, das ist der Name seiner Frau[3]. Außerdem arbeitete Gryce mit Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cleveland, Sahib Shihab, Art Taylor, Phil Woods und Kenny Clarke in Quintetten zusammen. Ab 1959 leitete er wieder eine eigene Band, zog sich jedoch nach seinem Album The Rat Race Blues (1960) allmählich von der Jazzszene zurück, um als Musiklehrer zu arbeiten (Wikipedia).