Nica's Tempo

Nica's Tempo
Studio album by Gigi Gryce
Released 1955
Recorded October 15 & 22, 1955
Genre Jazz
Label Savoy
(originally Signal Records).
Gigi Gryce chronology
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Nica's Tempo is an album by Gigi Gryce recorded in 1955. The title track is a reference to Nica de Koenigswarter (born Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild) aka "The Bebop Baroness" or "The Jazz Baroness", a patron of jazz musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.

The album was originally issued as Gigi Gryce Quartet And Orchestra (Signal S 1201). The Signal masters were later acquired by Savoy Records, who reissued this album in 1958.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) 4:03
  2. "In a Meditating Mood" (Gigi Gryce) 4:22
  3. "Social Call" (Gryce, Jon Hendricks) 2:43
  4. "Smoke Signal" (Gryce) 3:42
  5. "(You'll Always Be) The One I Love" (Gryce) 3:28
  6. "Kerry Dance" (traditional) 3:00
  7. "Shuffle Boil" (Thelonious Monk) 4:59
  8. "Brakes Sake" (Monk) 4:45
  9. "Gallop's Gallop" (Monk) 5:25
  10. "Nica's Tempo" (Gryce) 6:06

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 22, 1955

Tracks 3, 5: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 22, 1955

Tracks 7-10: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 15, 1955

References

  1. Nastos, Michael G.. Nica's Tempo at AllMusic
  2. Tim Neely Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl, Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2011, p.218
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