Gil Melle Quartet • Gil's Guests

 

Review by Scott Yanow
Baritonist Gil Melle's recordings are usually a bit unusual and this CD reissue is no exception. Melle's nine compositions are performed by one of three sextet/septets featuring either Art Farmer, Kenny Dorham or Donald Byrd on trumpets, Hal McKusick or Phil Woods on alto, guitarist Joe Cinderella, bassist Vinnie Burke, drummer Ed Thigpen and sometimes either Julius Watkins on French horn or Don Butterfield on tuba. The charts are unpredictable and often dramatic, looking ahead toward a musical future that never occurred. Watkins takes solo honors during his three appearances.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/gils-guests-mw0000312424

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Reseña de Scott Yanow
Las grabaciones del baritonista Gil Melle suelen ser un poco inusuales y esta reedición en CD no es una excepción. Las nueve composiciones de Melle son interpretadas por uno de los tres sextetos/septetos en los que participan Art Farmer, Kenny Dorham o Donald Byrd en las trompetas, Hal McKusick o Phil Woods en el contralto, el guitarrista Joe Cinderella, el bajista Vinnie Burke, el baterista Ed Thigpen y, a veces, Julius Watkins en la trompa o Don Butterfield en la tuba. Los gráficos son impredecibles y a menudo dramáticos, mirando hacia un futuro musical que nunca ocurrió. Watkins se lleva los honores como solista durante sus tres apariciones.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/gils-guests-mw0000312424

Tracklist
1 - Soudan - 6:21
2 - Tomorrow - 6:10
3 - Block Island - 4:57
4 - Sixpence - 5:52
5 - Still Life - 8:10
6 - Ghengis - 3:46
7 - Funk For Star People - 6:37
8 - Golden Age - 6:46
9 - Herbie - 4:21


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods
    Alto Saxophone, Flute – Hal McKusick
    Baritone Saxophone, Written-By – Gil Mellé
    Bass – Vinnie Burke
    Drums – Edmund Thigpen
    Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
    French Horn – Julius Watkins
    Guitar – Joe Cinderella
    Remastered By [Digital Remastering] – Phil De Lancie
    Supervised By – Bob Weinstock
    Trumpet – Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham
    Tuba – Don Butterfield

Notes:
All selections recorded in Hackensack, NJ.
Selections #1-3 recorded August 10, 1956; #4-6 recorded August 24, 1956; #7-9 recorded January 18, 1957 (Bonus tracks).

Label: Prestige – PRLP 7063
Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Cool Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/Gil-Melle-Quartet-Gils-Guests/release/5746054

 

 

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