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 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 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 - Primitive Modern/Quadrama".

Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests (Prestige PRLP 7063)

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 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; 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

** 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	Sentimental Mood
1224	Rush Hour In Hong Kong

** part of Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 as "Gil Melle Quartet - 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.