Description: Personnel: Gil Mellé (ts, bs), Eddie Bert, Urbie Green (tb), Joe Manning (vib), George Wallington (p), Tal Farlow, Lou Mecca (g), Clyde Lombardi, Red Mitchell, Bill Phipps, Oscar Pettiford (b), Max Roach, Joe Morello, Vinnie Thomas (d), Monica Dell (vcl) In 1952, Gil Mellé (1931-2004) was the first white musician signed to Blue Note Records. He had started young, studying oboe and planning to play jazz with it, but to practice his embouchure he decided to start on alto sax and then moved to tenor to extend his range. Baritone then presented a welcome challenge. Gerry and Harry Carney were doing great things on the instrument, but I felt there was a whole area for exploration and development on baritone. He wrote all the material for these four Blue Note albums. They are compositions in the fullest sense since he creates his own chord patterns rather than building an original melodic line on top of the changes to some standard tune. I wouldnt call them compositions otherwise. As with most musicians, he wanted to get a new, identifiable sound. Too many musicians are identified with a particular sound which leads to an obvious trouble, if they stick to it. They end up painting everything the same color. I want, instead, to fit my sound to the composition. His unorthodoxy allowed him to achieve a new tone, introducing his own personality through the choice of particular instruments, compositions and arrangements. As an extra, this set also contains a previously unreleased broadcast of Melles quartet from Café Bohemia in New York recorded October 5, 1957. —Jordi Pujol TRACKLIST: CD 1 01. Four Moons (Gil Mellé) 2:23 02. The Gears (Gil Mellé) 3:07 03. Mars (Gil Mellé) 2:47 04. Sunset Concerto (Gil Mellé) 2:04 05. Cyclotron (Gil Mellé) 3:14 06. October (Gil Mellé) 3:43 07. Under Capricorn (Gil Mellé) 2:59 08. Venus (Gil Mellé) 3:41 09. Lover Man (Ram Ramirez) 5:56 10. Spellbound (Niklos Rozsa) 3:18 11. Transition (Gil Mellé) 5:13 12. Timepiece (Gil Mellé) 3:12 13. A Lion Lives Here (Gil Mellé) 3:50 14. Gingersnap (Gil Mellé) 3:18 15. Lullaby of Birdland (Georges Shearing) 3:47 16. Ballad for Guitar (Gil Mellé) 3:53 17. Metropolitan (Gil Mellé) 2:51 18. Newport News (Gil Mellé) 4:56 19. I. Spectrum Violet (Gil Mellé) 3:06 20. II. Sea Green (Gil Mellé) 1:08 21. III. Royal Blue (Gil Mellé) 1:56 22. IV. Ebony (Gil Mellé) 3:35 23. V. Spectrum Red (Gil Mellé) 2:54 CD 2 01. Summertime (Gershwin-Heyward) 4:00 02. Quadrille for Moderns (Gil Mellé) 3:32 03. Life Begins at Midnight (Gil Mellé) 4:24 04. Threadneedle Street (Gil Mellé) 4:15 05. Night Train to Wildwood (Gil Mellé) 4:11 06. Weird Valley (Gil Mellé) 5:14 07. The Set Break (Gil Mellé) 4:48 08. Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn) 4:53 09. Long Ago and Far Away (Kern-Gershwin) 4:32 10. The Arab Barber Blues (Gil Mellé) 9:06 11. Nice Question (Gil Mellé) 8:17 12. Introduction (Gil Mellé) 0:10 13. Theme (Gil Mellé) 1:11 14. Quadrama (Gil Mellé) 4:09 15. Mark One (Gil Mellé) 6:18 16. Dom Cerulli interview 1:47 17. It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington-Mills) 3:01 18. The Arab Barber Blues (Gil Mellé) 2:58 19. Closing announcements (Gil Mellé) 1:11 Sources CD 1: Tracks #1-2, from the 78 rpm Blue Note 1606 Tracks #3-4, from the 78 rpm Blue Note 1607 Tracks #5 & 8, from the 10-inch album "Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet, New Faces New Sounds" (Blue Note LP 5020 -which also includes tracks 1-4) Tracks #9 & 14, from the 10-inch album "Gil Mellé Quintet" (Blue Note 5033) Tracks #15 & 18, from the 10-inch album "The Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca" (Blue Note 5054) Tracks #19-23, from the 10-inch album "Gil Mellé Quintet with Don Butterfield: 5 Impressions of Color" (Blue Note 5063) Sources CD 2: Tracks #1-2, from the 10-inch album "The Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca" (Blue Note 5054) Tracks #3-5, from the 10-inch album "Gil Mellé Quintet with Don Butterfield: 5 Impressions of Color" (Blue Note 5063) Tracks #6-11, from the 12-inch album "Gil Mellé: Patterns in Jazz" (Blue Note LP 1517) Tracks #12-18 are previously unissued Personnel on CD 1: GIL MELLÉ SEXTET (#1-4) Eddie Bert, trombone; Gil Mellé, tenor sax; Joe Manning, vibes; George Wallington, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Max Roach, drums; Monica Dell, vocals (#2,3 & 4). Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, March 2, 1952 GIL MELLÉ QUINTET/SEXTET (#5-8) Eddie Bert, trombone; Gil Mellé, tenor sax; Tal Farlow, guitar; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Joe Morello, drums. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, January 31, 1953 GIL MELLÉ QUINTET (#9-14) Urbie Green, trombone; Gil Mellé, tenor (#9,10,11 & 14) or baritone (#12 & 13) saxes; Tal Farlow, guitar; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Joe Morello, drums. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 25, 1953 GIL MELLÉ QUARTET (#15-18) Gil Mellé, baritone sax; Lou Mecca, guitar; Bill Phillips, bass; Vinnie Thomas, drums. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, September 5, 1954 GIL MELLÉ QUINTET (#19-23) Don Butterfield, tuba, added. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, February 27, 1955 Personnel on CD 2: GIL MELLÉ QUARTET (#1-2) Gil Mellé, baritone sax; Lou Mecca, guitar; Bill Phipps, bass; Vinnie Thomas, drums. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, September 5, 1954 GIL MELLÉ QUINTET (#3-5) Don Butterfield, tuba, added. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, February 27, 1955 GIL MELLÉ QUINTET (#6-11) Eddie Bert, trombone except #10 & 11; Gil Mellé, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, April 1, 1956 GIL MELLÉ QUARTET (#12-19) Eddie Bert, trombone; Gil Mellé, baritone sax; Tommy Potter, bass; Paul Motian, drums. Recorded at Broadcast from Café Bohemia, New York City, October 5, 1957 Blue Note recordings engineered by Rudy Van Gelder Artwork by Gil Mellé, Jerome Kuhl & Reid Miles Photography: Bill Hughes & Francis Wolff Original Blue Note sessions produced by Alfred Lion Original tape recordings (#12-18) courtesy of Eddie Bert This compilation produced by Jordi Pujol Hi Fi · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered See the 32-page booklet for complete personnel, recording dates, composers details, plus original and new liner notes.
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Artist: Gil Melle, Eddie Bert, Urbie Green, Joe Manning, George Wallington, Tal Farlow, Lou Mecca, Clyde Lombardi, Red Mitchell, Bill Phipps, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Joe Morello, Vinnie Thomas, Monica Dell
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Record Label: Fresh Sound Records
Language: English
Release Title: Gil Melle The Blue Note Years 1952-1956 + Live Broadcast
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Genre: Jazz
