| LC control no. | n 79115717 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gryce, Gigi |
| Variant(s) | Gryce, George General Qusim, Basheer Sears, Lee |
| See also | Corporate body: Dizzy Gillespie Octet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1927-11-28 |
| Death date | 1983-03-17 |
| Place of birth | Pensacola (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Pensacola (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | Boston Conservatory Jazz Lab Quintet |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Composers Saxophonists Flute players |
| Found in | Young Byrd [SR] p1977 (a.e.) container (Gigi Gryce, alto sax) Cohen, Noal. Rat race blues, 2001: ECIP t.p. (Gigi Gryce) data sheet (jazz composer and alto saxophonist) galley (George General Grice, Jr., b. Pensacola, Nov. 28, 1925; Gigi (so named for his initials: G.G.); 1960s Gryce assumed new identity officially becoming Basheer Qusim; d. Pensacola, Mar. 17, 1983) Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2012 (Gigi Gryce (also known as Basheer Qusim or Lee Sears; born George General Grice, Jr. November 28, 1925 in Pensacola, Florida -- March 14, 1983 in Pensacola, Florida) was an American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band leader) Lead sheets, 1961: caption (Strange feelin' / by Lee Sears) African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gryce, Gigi; jazz musician, composer, saxophonist, flutist; born 28 November 1927 in Pensacola, Florida, United States; skills on flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano; began performing in and around Hartford, both as a sideman and as the leader of his own twenty-three-piece group (1946); attended the Boston Conservatory (1948); won a Fulbright scholarship to study music in Paris (1952); returned to the United States (1953); toured the United States and Europe with Lionel Hampton's group for six months; created several original arrangements, including “Paris the Beautiful,” “Capri,”; led his own group, the Jazz Lab Quintet (1955); recorded one LP “Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet” (1960) and “The Rat Race Blues” with his new quintet (1960); produced several well-known compositions, most notably “Nica's Tempo,” (1950s); retired from performing (1961); best known for his writing, which included several compositions that became jazz standards; died 17 March 1983 in Pensacola, Florida, United States) |
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