The Rat Race Blues

The Rat Race Blues
Studio album by Gigi Gryce
Released 1960
Recorded June 7, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 40:11
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8262
Producer Esmond Edwards
Gigi Gryce chronology
The Hap'nin's
(1960)		 The Rat Race Blues
(1960)		 Reminiscin'
(1960)

The Rat Race Blues is an album by American saxophonist Gigi Gryce recorded in 1960 for the New Jazz label.[1][2]

Harvey Pekar, writing in his four star review in the August 10, 1962 issue of Down Beat stated: "Gryce's major contributions to jazz have been made as an outstanding composer-arranger. But his writing ability notwithstanding... this is primarily a blowing session."[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Down Beat[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The group swings its way through two of Gryce's lesser-known originals and three then-recent obscurities. Interesting and generally fresh straight-ahead jazz".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "The Rat Race Blues" - 6:35
  2. "Strange Feelin'" (Sam Finch) - 7:45
  3. "Boxer's Blues" - 6:58
  4. "Blues in Bloom" (Norman Mapp) - 7:44
  5. "Monday Through Sunday" (Mapp) - 11:09

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Gigi Gryce discography accessed May 31, 2013
  2. ↑ New Jazz Records discography accessed May 31, 2013
  3. ↑ Down Beat: August 16, 1962 vol. 29, no. 22
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2013
  5. ↑ Down Beat: August 16, 1962 vol. 29, no. 22
  6. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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