"Minority" is a 16-bar jazz standard in F minor, written by Gigi Gryce. It is an instrumental piece with no lyrics. It was first recorded in Paris on 8 October 1953 by the Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet, with Brown on trumpet, and first released on the album Jazz Time Paris, Vol. 11. Gryce recorded it again in 1954 with Art Blakey and in 1960 on his album The Hap'nin's for Prestige. Later versions include those by Cannonball Adderley on Portrait of Cannonball (Riverside, 1958), Bill Evans on Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside, 1958), Pat Martino on Strings! (Prestige, 1967) and Ben Sidran on The Cat and the Hat (1980). The tune is included in the Real Book (6th edition).
