ghost of miles Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) This week on Night Lights it’s “Gigi Gryce, Part 2: Rat Race Blues.” In the late 1950s alto saxophonist and composer/arranger Gigi Gryce began his second music publishing company, as well as a fruitful new alliance with trumpeter Donald Byrd that resulted in half a dozen recordings made under the name of the Jazz Lab. Personal and professional shadows were starting to lengthen, however, and by the early 1960s Gryce had vanished from the jazz world altogether. He spent the last 20 years of his life teaching in the New York City public school system, and his second wife didn’t even know that he had once been a jazz musician. In this program we’ll hear more remarks from Michael Fitzgerald, co-author of the Gryce biography Rat Race Blues, as well as music from Gryce’s work with the Teddy Charles Tentet, Oscar Pettiford’s big band, the Jazz Lab, and Gryce’s last recordings as a leader, including the rarely-heard Reminiscin’. “Gigi Gryce, Part 2: Rat Race Blues” airs Saturday, February 18 at 11:05 p.m. on WFIU. You can listen live or wait until Monday afternoon, when the program will be posted in the Night Lights archives. For more information on Gryce’s life and music, visit Michael Fitzgerald’s website. Next week: "Black Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1940s." Edited November 28, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Up for broadcast in 20-25 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) This program is now archived. Edited November 28, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Gigi Gryce, Part 2: Rat Race Blues up in honor of the anniversary of his birth today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 19 hours ago, ghost of miles said: Gigi Gryce, Part 2: Rat Race Blues up in honor of the anniversary of his birth today. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this,thank you. Now I have to track down the music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, mjazzg said: Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this,thank you. Now I have to track down the music Glad you liked it! Some of the music from part 2 now seems to be available on this Fresh Sounds compilation. Edited November 29, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 3 hours ago, ghost of miles said: Glad you liked it! Some of the music from part 2 now seems to be available on this Fresh Sounds compilation. Thanks again. A good amount also seems to be available on Spotify here in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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