Rat race blues
Subtitle: the musical life of Gigi Gryce
By: Noal Cohen & Michael Fitzgerald ; foreword by Benny Golson
Contributors: Fitzgerald, Michael, 1970-
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Current Research in Jazz
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rockville, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780990668602
Subjects: Saxophonists; Biography; Jazz musicians
Other titles: Life of Gigi Gryce
Description: "Gigi Gryce was a saxophonist and composer who worked with some of the best-known names in jazz during the 1950s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Max Roach ... Years of research and dozens of interviews were conducted for this book, resulting in a biography that, for the first time, tells the true story of this often overlooked figure and illuminates his contributions to one of the richest periods in jazz history"--Back cover.
Notes: "Appendices, including a complete Gigi Gryce discography ... and regularly updated additions and corrections to this book are available online"--Page 362.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pensacola blues; title: Education : Hartford and Boston; title: Manhattan blues; title: Paris the beautiful; title: Laying the foundation; title: On the cutting edge; title: In the laboratory; title: The out chorus; title: Metamorphosis; title: Epilogue.