Gil Mellé Quartet* - The Complete Prestige Recordings 1956-1957

Label:

Fresh Sound Records

Catalog#:

FSR-CD 479

Format:

2 x CD, Reissue, Remastered, Compilation

Country:

Spain

Released:

2008

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Bop, Cool Jazz

Tracklist

1.01	Adventure Swing	6:01
1.02	Mark One	4:49
1.03	Dedicatory Piece To The Geophysical Year Of 1957	4:45
1.04	Dominica	5:54
1.05	Ballet Time	6:48
1.06	Iron Works	3:59
1.07	Walter Ego	3:24
1.08	Jacqueline	5:18
1.09	It Don't Mean A Thing	6:15
1.10	Full House	5:15
1.11	Quadrama	3:35
1.12	In A Sentimental Mood	4:47
1.13	Rush Hour In Hong Kong	6:49
2.01	Tomorrow	6:12
2.02	Block Island	4:55
2.03	Soudan	6:24
2.04	Still Life	8:14
2.05	Sixpence	5:54
2.06	Ghengis	3:47
2.07	Funk For Star People	6:38
2.08	Golden Age	6:48
2.09	Herbie	4:21

Credits

Bass - Billy Phillips* (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06) , George Duvivier (tracks: 1.07 to 1.13, 2.07 to 2.09) , Vinnie Burke (tracks: 2.01 to 2.06)
Directed By [Original Sessions Superviser] - Bob Weinstock
Drums - Ed Thigpen (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06, 2.01 to 2.06) , Shadow Wilson (tracks: 1.07 to 1.13, 2.07 to 2.09)
French Horn - Julius Watkins (tracks: 2.01 to 2.03)
Guitar - Joe Cinderella (tracks: 1.01 to 1.13, 2.01 to 2.06)
Other [Liner Notes] - Bob Altshuler , Ira Gitler
Producer [Cd] - Jordi Pujol
Recorded By [Uncredited], Engineer [Recording] - Rudy Van Gelder
Saxophone [Alto] - Hal McKusick (tracks: 2.01 to 2.09)
Saxophone [Baritone] - Gil Mellé
Saxophone [Tenor] - Seldon Powell (tracks: 2.07 to 2.09)
Trumpet - Art Farmer (tracks: 2.01 to 2.03, 2.07 to 2.09) , Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2.04 to 2.06)
Tuba - Don Butterfield (tracks: 2.04 to 2.06)
Vibraphone - Teddy Charles (tracks: 2.07 to 2.09)
Written-By - Duke Ellington (tracks: 1.09, 1.12) , Gil Mellé (tracks: 1.01 to 1.08, 1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 2.01 to 2.09) , Irving Mills (tracks: 1.09, 1.12)

Notes

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between 1956 and 1957.
Recording dates are as follows.
1.01 to 1.03: April 6, 1956.
1.04 to 1.06: June 1, 1956.
1.07 to 1.13: April 26, 1957.
2.01 to 2.03: August 10, 1956.
2.04 to 2.06: August 24, 1956.
2.07 to 2.09: January 18, 1957.

1.01 to 1.06: originally released as "Plays Primitive Modern" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7040).
1.07 to 1.13: originally released as "Quadrama" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7090).
2.01 to 2.06: originally released as "Gil's Guests" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7063).
2.07 to 2.09: taken from an unfinished Prestige LP.

Comes with a 20-page booklet includes reproduced liner notes taken from back cover of all 3 original LPs.

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