Blue Note
The Gil Mellé Quartet Volume 3
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| Recorded | 1954 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 5054 |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 998074 |
The record
Gil Mellé's baritone paired with Lou Mecca's guitar makes for a low, dry front line, Bill Phillips and Vinnie Thomas keeping it spare underneath. Rudy Van Gelder is credited as engineer and for the mastering. Blue Note issued it as a ten-inch in 1954, BLP 5054, six titles running from 'Quadrille For Moderns' to 'Summertime'.
Tracks
- Quadrille For Moderns
- Ballade For Guitar
- Lullaby Of Birdland
- Newport News
- Metropolitan
- Summertime
Session personnel
- Gil Mellé — Baritone Saxophone
- Bill Phillips — Bass
- Vinnie Thomas — Drums
- Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
- Lou Mecca — Guitar
- Rudy Van Gelder — Mastered By
- The Gil Melle Quartet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1954 | Blue Note · BLP 5054 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono earliest on file |
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