Tracklist

1	Speculation	4:03
2	In A Meditating Mood	4:22
3	Social Call	2:44
4	Smoke Signal	3:38
5	You'll Always Be The One I Love	3:26
6	Kerry Dance	3:00
7	Shuffle Boil	4:59
8	Brake's Sake	4:49
9	Gallop's Gallop	5:25
10	Nica's Tempo	6:09

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
• Made By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce
• Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: 3, 5), Danny Bank (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1 to 6), Percy Heath (tracks: 7 to 10)
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: 3, 5, 7 to 10), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
• French Horn – Gunther Schuller (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Julius Watkins (tracks: 3, 5)
• Piano – Horace Silver (tracks: 1 to 6), Thelonious Monk (tracks: 7 to 10)
• Trombone – Eddie Bert (tracks: 3, 5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
• Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Tuba – Bill Barber (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Vocals – Ernestine Anderson (tracks: 3, 5)

Notes

1 to 6 (October 22, 1955)
7 to 10 (October 15, 1955)

Printed in Japan.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 81757 01262 1
• Matrix / Runout: SV-0126 1A2 C 29
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Label Code: LC 8723

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S1201, S 1201	Gigi Gryce · Thelonious Monk · Percy Heath · Art Blakey · Horace Silver · Art Farmer · Kenny Clarke · Cecil Payne · Jimmy Cleveland · Oscar Pettiford · Julius Watkins	Gigi Gryce · Thelonious Monk · Percy Heath · Art Blakey · Horace Silver · Art Farmer · Kenny Clarke · Cecil Payne · Jimmy Cleveland · Oscar Pettiford · Julius Watkins - Gigi Gryce · Thelonious Monk · Percy Heath · Art Blakey · Horace Silver · Art Farmer · Kenny Clarke · Cecil Payne · Jimmy Cleveland · Oscar Pettiford · Julius Watkins ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Signal , Signal	S1201, S 1201	US	1955
S 1201	Gigi Gryce	Gigi Gryce ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Signal	S 1201	US	1955
BYG 529153, 529.153	Thelonious Monk, Gigi Gryce	Thelonious Monk, Gigi Gryce - Nica's Tempo ‎(LP, Album, RE)	BYG Records, BYG Records	BYG 529153, 529.153	France	1969
RM 52223	Thelonious Monk & Gigi Gryce	Thelonious Monk & Gigi Gryce - Nica's Tempo ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	CBS	RM 52223	UK	1966
CY-18057	The Orchestra* And The Quartet Of Gigi Gryce*	The Orchestra* And The Quartet Of Gigi Gryce* - Nica's Tempo ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Savoy Jazz Classics	CY-18057	UK, Europe & US	1998

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