The Rat Race Blues
by Gigi Gryce
- Type: Album
- Released: 1960
- Label: New Jazz
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:57
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Led by an erudite, highly respected arranger and alto saxophonist, this tight quintet session exemplifies the structural sophistication of the post-bop era. The inclusion of complex harmonic turns and tightly voiced ensemble passages elevates standard blues progressions into intellectual, exceptionally well-organized exercises.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, improvisation
Tracklist
- Rat Race Blues (6:30)
- Strange Feelin' Boxer's Blues (7:45)
- Boxer's Blues (6:48)
- Blue in Bloom (7:42)
- Monday Through Sunday (11:09)
Credits
- Gigi Gryce - primary artist, alto saxophone, written-by
- Richard Williams - primary artist, trumpet
- Julian Euell - bass
- Mickey Roker - drums
- Gigi Gryce Quintet - featuring
- Richard Wyands - piano
- Esmond Edwards - supervised by [supervision]
- Sam Finch - written-by