The Blue Note Years 1952 - 1956 + Bonus (FSR-CD 876)

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The Blue Note Years 1952 - 1956 + Bonus

Fresh Sound Records

8427328608763

ABS 147705

FSR-CD 876

JAZZ

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The Blue Note Years 1952 - 1956 + Bonus

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5 LPs ON 2 CD + LIVE BROADCAST

PERSONNEL ON CD 1:

[1-4] GIL MELLÉ SEXTET:
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

[5-8] GIL MELLÉ QUINTET/SEXTET
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

[9-14] GIL MELLÉ QUINTET
URBIE GREEN, trombone
GIL MELLÉ, tenor (#9,10,11 & 14) or baritone (#12 & 13) saxes
TAL FARLOW, guitar
CLYDE LOMBARDI, bassJoe Morello, drums.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 25, 1953

[15-18] GIL MELLÉ QUARTET
GIL MELLÉ, baritone sax
LOU MECCA, guitar
BILL PHILLIPS, bass
VINNIE THOMAS, drums.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, September 5, 1954

[19-23] GIL MELLÉ QUINTET
DON BUTTERFIELD, tuba, added.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, February 27, 1955

SOURCES CD 1:

[1-2], from the 78 rpm Blue Note 1606
[3-4], from the 78 rpm Blue Note 1607
[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)
[9] & [14], from the 10-inch album Gil Mellé Quintet (Blue Note 5033)
[15] & [18], from the 10-inch album The Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca (Blue Note 5054)
[19-23], from the 10-inch album Gil Mellé Quintet with Don Butterfield:
5 Impressions of Color (Blue Note 5063)

PERSONNEL ON CD 2:

[1-2] GIL MELLÉ QUARTET
GIL MELLÉ, baritone sax
LOU MECCA, guitar
BILL PHILLIPS, bass
VINNIE THOMAS, drums..
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, September 5, 1954

[3-5] GIL MELLÉ QUINTET
DON BUTTERFIELD, tuba, added.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, February 27, 1955

[6-11] GIL MELLÉ QUINTET
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

[12-19] GIL MELLÉ QUARTET
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

SOURCEs CD 2:

[1-2], from the 10-inch album The Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca
(Blue Note 5054)
[3-5], from the 10-inch album Gil Mellé Quintet with Don Butterfield:
5 Impressions of Color (Blue Note 5063)
[6-11], from the 12-inch album Gil Mellé: Patterns in Jazz (Blue Note LP 1517)
[12-18] are previously unissued

CD 1

01. Four Moons
02. The Gears
03. Mars
04. Sunset Concerto
05. Cyclotron
06. October
07. Under Capricorn
08. Venus
09. Lover Man
10. Spellbound
11. Transition
12. Timepiece
13. A Lion Lives Here
14. Gingersnap
15. Lullaby of Birdland
16. Ballad for Guitar
17. Metropolitan
18. Newport News:
19. I. Spectrum Violet
20. II. Sea Green
21. III. Royal Blue
22. IV. Ebony
23. V. Spectrum Red

CD 2

01. Summertime
02. Quadrille for Moderns
03. Life Begins at Midnight
04. Threadneedle Street
05. Night Train to Wildwood
06. Weird Valley
07. The Set Break
08. Moonlight in Vermont
09. Long Ago and Far Away
10. The Arab Barber Blues
11. Nice Question
12. Introduction
13. Theme
14. Quadrama
15. Mark One
16. Dom Cerulli interview
17. It Don’t Mean a Thing
18. The Arab Barber Blues
19. Closing announcements