Gil Melle Catalog
1952 (age 21)
Gil Melle Quintet/Gil Melle Sextet Blue Note (J) K18P-9275 1983
Eddie Bert, trombone; Gil Melle, tenor sax; Joe Manning, vibes; George Wallington, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Max Roach, drums; Monica Dell, vocal #2-4.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 2, 1952
| 1. BN461-3 (tk.4) | Four Moons |
| 2. BN462-3 (tk.8) | The Gears |
| 3. BN463-0 (tk.9) | Mars |
| 4. BN464-0 (tk.10) | Sunset Concerto |
Eddie Bert as X. Kentonite, trombone; Gil Melle, tenor sax; Tal Farlow, guitar; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Joe Morello, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 31, 1953
| BN465-4 tk.5 | Cyclotron |
| BN466-2 tk.8 | October |
| BN467-0 tk.10 | Under Capricorn |
| BN468-0 tk.13 | Venus |
Urbie Green, trombone; Gil Melle, tenor, baritone sax; Tal Farlow, guitar; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Joe Morello, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 25, 1953
| BN526-2 tk.3 | Lover Man |
| BN528-2 tk.11 | Spellbound |
| BN529-1 tk.14 | Transition |
| BN530-1 tk.16 | A Lion Lives Here |
| BN531-2 tk.19 | Timepiece |
| BN527-5 tk.23 | Gingersnap |
** same as Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds, Blue Note BLP 5020 in 1953 + Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 2, BLP 5033 in 1954.
1953
Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 1998
Urbie Green, trombone; Gil Melle, tenor, baritone sax; Tal Farlow, guitar; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Joe Morello, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 25, 1953
| BN532-0 tk.27 | The Nearness Of You |
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Lou Mecca, guitar; Billy Phillips, bass; Vinnie Thomas, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 5, 1954
| tk.4 | Lullaby Of Birdland |
| tk.8 | Ballade For Guitar |
| tk.10 | Metropolitan |
| tk.18 | Newport News |
| tk.19 | Quadrille For Moderns |
| tk.20 | Summertime |
Don Butterfield, tuba; Gil Melle, baritone sax; Lou Mecca, guitar; Billy Phillips, bass; Vinnie Thomas, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 27, 1955
| tk.1 | Five Impressions Of Color: I. Spectrum Violet / II. Sea Green / III. Royal Blue / IV. Ebony / V. Spectrum Red |
| tk.5 | Life Begins At Midnight |
| tk.7 | Threadneedle Street |
| tk.9 | Night Train To Wildwood |
** same as Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds, Blue Note BLP 5020 in 1953 + Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 2, BLP 5033 in 1954 + The Gil Melle Quartet Vol. 3 - New Faces-New Sounds, BLP 5054 in 1954 + Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 4 - Five Impressions Of Color, BLP 5063 in 1955 + Patterns In Jazz, BLP 1517 in 1956 + 1 bonus track.
1956
Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz Blue Note BLP 1517 1956
Eddie Bert, trombone #1-4; Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 1, 1956
| 1. tk.5 | Weird Valley |
| 2. tk.10 | The Set Break |
| 3. tk.11 | Moonlight In Vermont |
| 4. tk.12 | Long Ago And Far Away |
| 5. tk.13 | The Arab Barber Blues |
| 6. tk.14 | Nice Question |
** part of The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions, Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 in 1998.
Melle Plays Primitive Modern Prestige PRLP 7040 1956
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cindrella, guitar; Billy Phillips, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 20, 1956
| 877 | Adventure Swing |
| 878 | Mark One |
| 879 | Dedicatory Piece To The Geophysical Year Of 1957 |
same personnel.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 1, 1956
| 908 | Dominica |
| 909 | Ballet Time |
| 910 | Iron Works |
** also released on Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern, Original Jazz Classics OJC-1712 in 1986.
** part of Gil Melle Quartet - Primitive Modern/Quadrama, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 in 1991.
Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests Prestige PRLP 7063 1956
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums; + Art Farmer, trumpet; Julius Watkins, French horn; Hal McKusick, alto sax, flute.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 10, 1956
| 955 | Block Island |
| 956 | Tomorrow |
| 957 | Soudan |
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums; + Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Don Butterfield, tuba; Hal McKusick, alto sax.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 24, 1956
| 966 | Still Life |
| 967 | Sixpence |
| 968 | Ghengis |
** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-1753 in 1990, OJCCD-1753-2 in 1990.
Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1753-2 1990
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums; + Donald Byrd, trumpet; Phil Woods, alto sax; / Gil Melle, baritone sax; Vinnie Burke, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums; + Art Farmer, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; maybe Seldon Powell or possibly Zoot Sims, tenor sax; Teddy Charles, vibes.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 18, 1957
| 1058 | Funk For Star People |
| 1059 | Golden Age |
| 1060 | Herbie |
** originally released on Prestige PRLP 7063 in 1956 + 3 bonus tracks.
1957
Gil Melle Quartet - Quadrama Prestige PRLP 7097 1957
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 26, 1957
| 1218 | Walter Ego |
| 1219 | Jacqueline |
| 1220 | It Don't Mean A Thing |
| 1221 | Full House |
| 1222 | Quadrama |
| 1223 | Sentimental Mood |
| 1224 | Rush Hour In Hong Kong |
** part of Gil Melle Quartet - Primitive Modern/Quadrama, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 in 1991.
1968 (age 37)
Gil Melle - Tome VI Verve V6-8744 1968
Gil Melle, soprano sax, Tome VI, Effects Generator; Forrest Westbrook, piano, Electar; Benfaral Matthews, bass, cello, Envelope; Fred C. Stofflet, percussion, Doomsday Machine.
NYC, February 8, 1968
| 104256 | Blue Quasar |
| 104257 | Man With The Flashlight |
| 104258 | Elgin Marble |
| 104259 | Jog Falls Spinning Song |
** also released on Verve (J) PROA-53 in 2006.
1970
Gil Melle - Waterbirds Nocturne NRS-702 1970
Gil Melle, soprano sax, composer, orchestrator, special electronic musical instruments; Pete Robinson, Fender piano #4,6,7; Joe Cinderella, guitar #1; Art Johnson, guitar #2,3,5; Dave Parlato, Fender bass #2-7; Fred C. Stofflet, drums.
released 1970
| 1. | Waterbirds (Pt. 1) |
| 2. | Waterbirds (Pt. 2) |
| 3. | Walkin' Down The Gloomy Streets...Alone...Broke...Depressed...Gonna Kill Myself Blues |
| 4. | Little Big Horn |
| 5. | The Love Song |
| 6. | My Sweet Charlie |
| 7. | Charlie Chaplin |
** also released on Jazz Chronicles JCS-702 in 1977.
1971 (age 40)
Gil Melle - The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack) Kapp KRS-5513 1971
Gil Melle, producer, composer, arranger.
released 1971
| Wildfire | |
| Hex | |
| Andromeda | |
| Desert Trip | |
| The Piedmont Elegy | |
| Op | |
| Xenogenesis | |
| Strobe Crystal Green |
1988 (age 57)
Gil Melle - Mindscape Blue Note B1-92168 1989
Gil Melle, composer, electro orchestrator, programming, all instruments, producer.
Diamondhead, Malibu, CA, 1988-1989
| Mindscape | |
| Double Exposure | |
| Message From Mozambique | |
| Shadow And Substance: Vintage Autumn / Experiment Perilous / Zero In The Universe | |
| Bird Of Paradise | |
| The Blue Lion | |
| Neon Canyons | |
| Swamp Girl |
** also released on Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2 in 1989.
Gil Melle - Mindscape Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2 1989
same session.
Diamondhead, Malibu, CA, 1988-1989
| Anti-Gravitational | |
| The Richest Man In Bogota |
** originally released on Blue Note B1-92168 in 1989 + 2 bonus tracks.