From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in 2002. Gigi Gryce was a special kind of musician—the kind often overlooked by the mainstream jazz world today, but widely ...

Even if you've never heard of Gigi Gryce, it's likely that you've heard his music. The saxophonist worked with and wrote for some of the giants of the industry, including Thelonious Monk and Quincy ...

Nowadays, Gigi Gryce is not as well remembered as he might be, given his crafty composing and tart playing. He's one of a few alto saxophonists who came up with their own styles after absorbing ...

This is a remastered Newport reissue covering the Cecil Taylor quartet's performance opposite the Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce Jazz Laboratory on the afternoon of July 6, 1957. It is a fascinating contrast ...

Considering Gryce’s productivity and creativity as composer and alto saxophonist, you’d think he’d be better known as something more than just the man who penned “Minority” and a couple of other tunes ...

Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida - although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where ...