Gil Melle Catalog
1952 (age 21)
Gil Melle Quintet/Gil Melle Sextet (Blue Note (J) K18P-9275)
Eddie Bert, trombone; Gil Melle, tenor sax; Joe Manning, vibes; George Wallington, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Max Roach, drums; Monica Dell, vocals #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 Blue Note BLP 5020 entitled "Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds" + BLP 5033 entitled "Gil Melle Quintet, Vol. 2".
1953
Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions (Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2)
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 Blue Note BLP 5020 entitled "Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds" + BLP 5033 entitled "Gil Melle Quintet, Vol. 2" + BLP 5054 entitled "The Gil Melle Quartet, Vol. 3 - New Faces-New Sounds" + BLP 5063 entitled "Gil Melle Quintet, Vol. 4 - Five Impressions Of Color" + BLP 1517 entitled "Patterns In Jazz" + 1 bonus track.
1956
Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (Blue Note BLP 1517)
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 Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 as "The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions".
Melle Plays Primitive Modern (Prestige PRLP 7040)
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Billy Phillips, bass; Edmond Thigpen, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 20, 1956
877 | Adventure Swing |
878 | Mark One |
879 | Dedicatory Piece To The Geo-Physical Year Of 1957 |
same personnel.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 1, 1956
908 | Dominica |
909 | Ballet Time |
910 | Iron Works |
** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC-1712 as "Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern".
** part of Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 as "Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern/Quadrama".
Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests (Prestige PRLP 7063)
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Edmond 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; Edmond 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 issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC-1753, OJCCD-1753-2.
Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1753-2)
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums; + Art Farmer, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Teddy Charles, vibes.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 18, 1957
1058 | Funk For Star People |
1059 | Golden Age |
1060 | Herbie |
** reissue of Prestige PRLP 7063 + 3 bonus tracks.
1957
Gil Melle Quartet - Quadrama (Prestige PRLP 7097)
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 | In A Sentimental Mood |
1224 | Rush Hour In Hong Kong |
** part of Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 as "Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern/Quadrama".
1968 (age 37)
Gil Melle - Tome VI (Verve V6-8744)
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 issued on Verve (J) PROA-53.
1970
Gil Melle - Waterbirds (Nocturne NRS-702)
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 issued on Jazz Chronicles JCS-702.
1971 (age 40)
Gil Melle - The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack) (Kapp KRS-5513)
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)
Gil Melle, composer, electro orchestrator, programs, 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 issued on Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2.
Gil Melle - Mindscape (Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2)
Gil Melle, composer, electro orchestrator, programs, all instruments, producer.: same session.
Diamondhead, Malibu, CA, 1988-1989
Anti-Gravitational | |
The Richest Man In Bogota |
** reissue of Blue Note B1-92168 + 2 bonus tracks.