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Gil Mellé
The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions
Compil. US 1998 on Blue Note label
Jazz (Bop, Cool Jazz)
Obi reads: This CD contains all of Gil Mellé's classic Blue Note material on two CDs taken from four 10" and one 12" LP. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between 1952 and 1956. 1-1 to 1-4: recorded March 2, 1952. 1-5 to 1-8: recorded January 31, 1953. 1-9 to 1-15: recorded October 25, 1953. 1-16 to 1-19, 2-1, 2-2: recorded August 5, 1954. 2-3 to 2-6: recorded February 27, 1955. 2-7 to 2-12: recorded April 1, 1956. 1-1 to 1-8: previously released on a 10" (BLP 5020). 1-9 to 1-14: previously released on a 10" (BLP 5033). 1-15: previously unreleased. 1-16 to 1-19, 2-1, 2-2: previously released on a 10" (BLP 5054). 2-3 to 2-6: previously released on a 10" (BLP 5063). 2-7 to 2-12: previously released on a LP (BLP 1517). Comes with a 12-page booklet and obi. There's another uncredited photo inside of the booklet: Gil Mellé playing the world first drum machine, Percussotron III, in 1969 - for the "Andromeda Strain" (Michael Crichton) film score. It was designed and built by Mellé as well as two earlier versions in 1965. Cat# on front cover & obi: "95718". Cat# on spine: "7243 4 95718 2 2".
Musicians
 | Gil Mellé bs, ts, *1931 US baritone saxophone, liner notes, producer, tenor saxophone, written by, album by |
 | Bill Phillips b, vn, bass |
 | Clyde Lombardi b, 1922-1978 US bass |
 | Oscar Pettiford b, 1922-1960 US bass |
 | Red Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US bass |
 | Ed Thigpen dr, 1930-2010 US drums |
 | Joe Morello dr, 1928-2011 US drums |
 | Max Roach dr, 1924-2007 US drums |
 | Vinnie Thomas dr, drums |
 | Joe Cinderella g, US guitar |
 | Lou Mecca g, US guitar |
 | Tal Farlow g, 1921-1998 US guitar |
 | Ron McMaster voc, dr, perc, *1949 US mastered by, using 20-bit super bit mapping |
 | George Wallington p, 1924-1993 US piano |
 | Eddie Bert tb, 1922-2012 US trombone |
 | Urbie Green tb, *1926 US trombone |
 | Don Butterfield tu, 1923-2006 US tuba |
 | Joe Manning vib, vibraphone |
 | Monica Dell vocals |
Producers
| Francis Wolff photography by, back cover, booklet |
| Jack Lind photography by, booklet |
| Bill Hughes photography by, front cover |
| Alfred Lion producer |
| Rudy Van Gelder recorded by |
| Michael Cuscuna reissue producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Moons | Gil Mellé | 2:23 | |
| 2 | The Gears | Gil Mellé | 3:06 | |
| 3 | Mars | Gil Mellé | 2:46 | |
| 4 | Sunset Concerto | Gil Mellé | 2:03 | |
| 5 | Cyclotron | Gil Mellé | 3:13 | |
| 6 | October | Gil Mellé | 3:41 | |
| 7 | Under Capricorn | Gil Mellé | 2:58 | |
| 8 | Venus | Gil Mellé | 3:40 | |
| 9 | Lover Man | Gil Mellé | Roger Ramirez | 5:55 |
| 10 | Spellbound | Gil Mellé | Miklós Rózsa | 3:18 |
| 11 | Transition | Gil Mellé | 5:12 | |
| 12 | A Lion Lives Here | Gil Mellé | 3:50 | |
| 13 | Timepiece | Gil Mellé | 3:10 | |
| 14 | Gingersnap | Gil Mellé | 3:17 | |
| 15 | The Nearness Of You | Gil Mellé | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | 4:17 |
| 16 | Lullaby Of Birdland | Gil Mellé | George Shearing | 3:46 |
| 17 | Ballalde For Guitar | Gil Mellé | 3:53 | |
| 18 | Metropolitan | Gil Mellé | 2:50 | |
| 19 | Newport News | Gil Mellé | 4:55 | |
| 20 | Summertime | Gil Mellé | DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin | 3:59 |
| 21 | Quadrille For Moderns | Gil Mellé | 3:31 | |
| 22 | Five Impressions Of Color | Gil Mellé | 12:37 | |
| 23 | Spectrum Violet | Gil Mellé | ||
| 24 | Sea Green | Gil Mellé | ||
| 25 | Royal Blue | Gil Mellé | ||
| 26 | Ebony | Gil Mellé | ||
| 27 | Spectrum Red | Gil Mellé | ||
| 28 | Life Begins At Midnight | Gil Mellé | 4:24 | |
| 29 | Night Train To Wildwood | Gil Mellé | 4:10 | |
| 30 | Threadneedle Street | Gil Mellé | 4:15 | |
| 31 | Weird Valley | Gil Mellé | 5:13 | |
| 32 | The Set Break | Gil Mellé | 4:48 | |
| 33 | Moonlight In Vermont | Gil Mellé | John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf | 4:52 |
| 34 | Long Ago And Far Away | Gil Mellé | Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern | 4:32 |
| 35 | The Arab Barber Blues | Gil Mellé | 9:05 | |
| 36 | Nice Questions | Gil Mellé | 8:17 |
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