Gigi Gryce

[romualdo]

I've just finished reading "rat race blues" & listening to the recent uptown GG CD.

Repeated themes of sadness & frustration abound but also very uplifting (just like Kelly's recent Monk tome)

Interesting to see that the Mercury "Reminiscin" sessions (including 2 unreleased titles) have never been released on CD (not even Japan).

I think this would be a great potential Mosaic "single" release (or even stretch it out, with other sessions, to a Mosaic select)

Anyone agree?

going through a Gigi Gryce phase at present

[J.A.W.]

Why don't you contact Mosaic and suggest a Gryce Single?

[JETman]

The Mosaic Single is dead according to Scott.

[J.A.W.]

The Mosaic Single is dead according to Scott.

I'm not surprised. I guess the Singles didn't appeal half as much to jazz fans as the big sets or the Selects, and probably hardly sold.

[colinmce]

While there were no "bad" titles per se in the series, and in fact some were very, very good I found the selections to ultimately be a bit odd. I'm a big fan of "mainstream", but this accounted for a bulk of the releases to me. While I applaud them for going outside the hard bop box, they might've gone a little too far.