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The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions

Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), George Wallington (piano), Max Roach (drums), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Manning (vibraphone), Red Mitchell (bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Monica Dell (singer), Red Mitchell (upright bass), Urbie Green (trombone), Gil Melle...

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Contents

Gilbert John Melle: Four Moons

Work length2:26
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Red Mitchell (bass (vocal)), Max Roach (drums), George Wallington (piano), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Manning (vibraphone)
  • Recorded: 1952

Gilbert John Melle: The Gears

Work length3:09
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Monica Dell (singer), Red Mitchell (bass (vocal)), Max Roach (drums), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Manning (vibraphone)
  • Recorded: 1952

Coltrane: Mars

Work length2:50
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Red Mitchell (upright bass), Max Roach (drums), Joe Manning (vibraphone), Monica Dell (vocals)
  • Recorded: 1952

Gilbert John Melle: Sunset Concerto

Work length2:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Red Mitchell (upright bass), Max Roach (drums), Joe Manning (vibraphone), Monica Dell (singer)
  • Recorded: 1952

Gil Melle: Cyclotron

Work length3:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums)
  • Recorded: 1953

Gil Melle: October

Work length3:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums)
  • Recorded: 1953

Gil Melle: Under Capricorn

Work length3:02
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums)
  • Recorded: 1953

Gil Melle: Venus

Work length3:43
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Wallington (piano), Tal Farlow (guitar), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums)
  • Recorded: 1953

Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez, Jimmie Davis: Lover Man

Work length5:59
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Rozsa: Spellbound

Work length3:21
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Transition

Work length5:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: A Lion Lives Here

Work length3:54
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Timepiece

Work length3:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Gingersnap

Work length3:21
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (tenor saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California

Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington: The Nearness Of You

Work length4:21
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Clyde Lombardi (upright bass), Joe Morello (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Urbie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland

Work length3:49
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle, Bill Phillips (upright bass), Vinnie Thomas (drums), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Ballade For Guitar

Work length3:55
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle, Bill Phillips (upright bass), Vinnie Thomas (drums), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Metropolitan

Work length2:53
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle, Bill Phillips (upright bass), Vinnie Thomas (drums), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Newport News

Work length4:56
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle, Bill Phillips (upright bass), Vinnie Thomas (drums), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Summertime

Work length4:03
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Quadrille For Moderns

Work length3:34
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gil Melle: Five Impressions Of Color (Medley) Spectrum Violet / Sea Green / Royal Blue / Ebony / Spectrum Red

Work length12:41
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar), Don Butterfield (tuba)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Life Begins At Midnight

Work length4:27
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar), Don Butterfield (tuba)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Night Train To Wildwood

Work length4:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar), Don Butterfield (tuba)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Threadneedle Street

Work length4:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Lou Mecca (guitar), Don Butterfield (tuba)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Remastered at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California

Gilbert John Melle: Weird Valley

Work length5:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Gil Melle: The Set Break

Work length4:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn: Moonlight In Vermont

Work length4:55
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios

Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin: Long Ago And Far Away

Work length4:35
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Gilbert John Melle: The Arab Barber Blues

Work length9:08
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Gilbert John Melle: Nice Questions

Work length8:17
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gil Melle (baritone saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), Joe Cinderella (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (upright bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
  • Recorded: 1998
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey