FLAC Tracls. Scans
CD1
01. Nica's Tempo [05:29]
02. Smoke Signal [03:28]
03. Speculation [03:39]
04. Over The Rainbow [08:18]
05. Sans Souci [07:13]
06. I Remember Clifford [04:53]
07. Little Niles [07:00]
08. Blue Concept [04:59]
09. Satellite [04:26]
10. An Evening In Casablanca [05:02]
11. Social Call [04:39]
12. Stablemates [04:56]
13. Steppin' Out [05:27]
CD2
01. Medley: Early Morning Blues / Now, Don't You Know [03:42]
02. Early Bird [07:36]
03. Elgy [06:25]
04. Exhibit A [08:34]
05. Ergo The Blues (Take 2) [07:41]
06. Ergo The Blues (Take 3) [06:24]
07. Capri [04:57]
08. Splittin' [05:18]
09. Passade [06:25]
10. Byrd In Hand [09:41]
11. Blue Lights [04:00]
12. Onion Head [04:41]
CD3
01. Isn't It Romantic? [04:47]
02. Batland [07:02]
03. Bangoon [04:58]
04. Imagination [05:40]
05. X-Tacy [08:26]
06. Love For Sale [08:02]
07. Geraldine [05:37]
08. Minority [06:28]
09. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart [06:05]
10. Straight Ahead [09:33]
11. Wake Up! [04:35]
Personnel:
CD1:
Tracks #1-8: "Jazz Lab"
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Benny Powell (tb), Julius Watkins (fhr), Don Butterfield (tu), Sahib Shihab (bar), Tommy Flanagan (p), Wade Legge (p #6-8), Wendell Marshall (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, February 4 & 5 and March 13, 1957.
Tracks #9-13: "Modern Jazz Perspective"
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Julius Watkins (fhr), Don Butterfield (tu), Sahib Shihab (bar), Wynton Kelly (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, August 30 and September 5, 1957.
CD2:
Tracks #1-3: "Modern Jazz Perspective"
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Wynton Kelly (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Art Taylor (d), Jackie Paris (vcl, bj).
Recorded in New York, September 3, 1957.
Tracks #4-10: "New Formulas from the Jazz Lab"
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, July 30 & 31 and August 1, 1957.
Tracks #11-12: "Jazz Lab" (Jubilee)
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, August 9, 1957.
CD3:
Tracks #1-5: "Jazz Lab" (Jubilee)
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, August 9, 1957.
Tracks #6-11: "Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet"
Donald Byrd (tp), Gigi Gryce (as), Wade Legge (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Art Taylor (dr).
Recorded in New York, February 27 and March 7, 1957.