Gil Melle Discography
1952 (age 21)
Gil Melle Sextet
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 | Triumph dividend; Blue Note 1606, BLP 5020 |
| 2. BN462-3 (tk.8) | The Gears | Triumph dividend; Blue Note 1606, BLP 5020, BST2 84433 |
| 3. BN463-0 (tk.9) | Mars | Triumph dividend; Blue Note 1607, BLP 5020 |
| 4. BN464-0 (tk.10) | Sunset Concerto | - |
* Blue Note BST2 84433 Various Artists - The Best Of Blue Note Volume 2 1986
* Blue Note BLP 5020 Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds 1953
= Blue Note (J) K18P-9275 Gil Melle Quintet/Gil Melle Sextet 1983
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
* Blue Note 1606 Gil Melle - Four Moons / The Gears
* Blue Note 1607 Gil Melle - Sunset Concerto / Mars
1953
Gil Melle Quintet
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 | Blue Note BLP 5020 |
| BN466-2 tk.8 | October | - |
| BN467-0 tk.10 | Under Capricorn | - |
| BN468-0 tk.13 | Venus | - |
* Blue Note BLP 5020 Gil Melle Quintet/Sextet - New Faces-New Sounds 1953
= Blue Note (J) K18P-9275 Gil Melle Quintet/Gil Melle Sextet 1983
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
Gil Melle Quintet
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 | Blue Note BLP 5033 |
| 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 | - |
| BN532-0 tk.27 | The Nearness Of You | Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 |
* Blue Note BLP 5033 Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 2 1954
= Vogue (E) LDE 141; Jazz Selection (F) JSLP 50037 Gil Melle Quintet
= Blue Note (J) K18P-9275 Gil Melle Quintet/Gil Melle Sextet 1983
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
1954
The Gil Melle Quartet
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 | Blue Note BLP 5054 |
| tk.8 | Ballade For Guitar | - |
| tk.10 | Metropolitan | - |
| tk.18 | Newport News | - |
| tk.19 | Quadrille For Moderns | - |
| tk.20 | Summertime | - |
* Blue Note BLP 5054 The Gil Melle Quartet Vol. 3 - New Faces-New Sounds 1954
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
1955
Gil Melle Quintet
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 | Blue Note BLP 5063 |
| tk.5 | Life Begins At Midnight | - |
| tk.7 | Threadneedle Street | - |
| tk.9 | Night Train To Wildwood | - |
* Blue Note BLP 5063 Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 4 - Five Impressions Of Color 1955
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
1956
Gil Melle Quintet
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 | Blue Note BLP 1517 |
| 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 | - |
* Blue Note BLP 1517 Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz 1956
= Blue Note 7243 4 95718 2 2 Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions 1998
The Gil Melle Quartet
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cindrella, guitar; Billy Phillips, bass; Edmund Thigpen, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 20, 1956
| 877 | Adventure Swing | Prestige PRLP 7040 |
| 878 | Mark One | - |
| 879 | Dedicatory Piece To The Geophysical Year Of 1957 | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7040 Melle Plays Primitive Modern 1956
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1712 Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern 1986
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 Gil Melle Quartet - Primitive Modern/Quadrama 1991
The Gil Melle Quartet
same personnel.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 1, 1956
| 908 | Dominica | Prestige PRLP 7040 |
| 909 | Ballet Time | - |
| 910 | Iron Works | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7040 Melle Plays Primitive Modern 1956
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1712 Gil Melle Quartet - Melle Plays Primitive Modern 1986
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 Gil Melle Quartet - Primitive Modern/Quadrama 1991
Gil Melle Quartet + 3 = Septet
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 | Prestige PRLP 7063 |
| 956 | Tomorrow | - |
| 957 | Soudan | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7063 Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests 1956
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1753, OJCCD-1753-2 - 1990
Gil Melle Quartet + 3 = Septet
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 | Prestige PRLP 7063 |
| 967 | Sixpence | - |
| 968 | Ghengis | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7063 Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests 1956
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1753, OJCCD-1753-2 - 1990
1957
Gil Melle Quartet + 2 = Sextet / Gil Melle Trio + 4 = Septet
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 | Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1753-2 |
| 1059 | Golden Age | - |
| 1060 | Herbie | - |
* Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1753-2 Gil Melle Quartet - Gil's Guests 1990
Gil Melle Quartet
Gil Melle, baritone sax; Joe Cinderella, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 26, 1957
| 1218 | Walter Ego | Prestige PRLP 7097 |
| 1219 | Jacqueline | - |
| 1220 | It Don't Mean A Thing | - |
| 1221 | Full House | - |
| 1222 | Quadrama | - |
| 1223 | Sentimental Mood | - |
| 1224 | Rush Hour In Hong Kong | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7097 Gil Melle Quartet - Quadrama 1957
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1712-2 Gil Melle Quartet - Primitive Modern/Quadrama 1991
1968 (age 37)
The Gil Melle Quartet / The Jazz Electronauts
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 | Verve V6-8744 |
| 104257 | Man With The Flashlight | - |
| 104258 | Elgin Marble | - |
| 104259 | Jog Falls Spinning Song | - |
* Verve V6-8744 Gil Melle - Tome VI 1968
= Verve (J) PROA-53 - 2006
1970
Gil Melle
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) | Nocturne NRS-702 |
| 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 | - |
* Nocturne NRS-702 Gil Melle - Waterbirds 1970
= Jazz Chronicles JCS-702 - 1977
1971 (age 40)
Gil Melle
Gil Melle, producer, composer, arranger.
released 1971
| Wildfire | Kapp KRS-5513 | |
| Hex | - | |
| Andromeda | - | |
| Desert Trip | - | |
| The Piedmont Elegy | - | |
| Op | - | |
| Xenogenesis | - | |
| Strobe Crystal Green | - |
* Kapp KRS-5513 Gil Melle - The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack) 1971
1988 (age 57)
Gil Melle
Gil Melle, composer, electro orchestrator, programming, all instruments, producer.
Diamondhead, Malibu, CA, 1988-1989
| Mindscape | Blue Note B1-92168 | |
| Double Exposure | - | |
| Message From Mozambique | - | |
| Shadow And Substance: Vintage Autumn / Experiment Perilous / Zero In The Universe | - | |
| Bird Of Paradise | - | |
| The Blue Lion | - | |
| Anti-Gravitational | Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2 | |
| Neon Canyons | Blue Note B1-92168 | |
| Swamp Girl | - | |
| The Richest Man In Bogota | Blue Note CDP 7 92168 2 |
* Blue Note B1-92168, CDP 7 92168 2 Gil Melle - Mindscape 1989