| New Formulas from the Jazz Lab | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | July 30 & 31 and August 1, 1957 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA PL 43698 | |||
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New Formulas from the Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1957 but not released until 1982 on the French RCA label. [1] [2]
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| Allmusic |   |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Altoist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd were not able to keep their colorful hard bop quintet together for long, but in 1957, they did record 5 worthy albums... The overall results give fresh life to 1950s straight-ahead jazz, although the short life of this group kept it from ever being influential". [3]
All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated
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