Nica's Tempo

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[Bill] Grauer and [Orrin] Keepnews were not happy that Monk had just recorded and published three original songs--songs that they felt should have been released on the Riverside label. Legally, there was nothing they could do; Monk did not break his contract by recording as a sideman. [7]

It would be another year before Riverside Records recorded any original Monk compositions, for the album Brilliant Corners . These were, therefore, the only original compositions Monk recorded for release in 1955.

Track listing

Side 1 (by "Gigi Gryce Orchestra")

  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

Side 2 (by "Gigi Gryce Quartet")

  1. "Shuffle Boil" (Thelonious Monk) 4:59
  2. "Brake's Sake" (Thelonious Monk) 4:45
  3. "Gallop's Gallop" (Thelonious Monk) 5:25
  4. "Nica's Tempo" (Gryce) 6:06

Personnel

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

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

Tracks 7-10: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 15, 1955 [8]

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  2. Nastos, Michael G.. Nica's Tempo at AllMusic
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Nica's Tempo
Nica's Tempo (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Released1955 [1]
RecordedOctober 15 & 22, 1955
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Savoy (originally issued on Signal Records)
Gigi Gryce chronology
When Farmer Met Gryce
(1955)
Nica's Tempo
(1955)
Jazz Lab
(1957)
Earlier covers
Signal1201-original.jpg
First edition by Harold Feinstein