Jazz Articles about Gil Melle

About Gil Melle

My Blue Note Obsession

Gil Melle – Patterns in Jazz – Blue Note 1517

by Marc Davis
September 4, 2014

Sometimes, Blue Note surprises you. Often, the Blue Note catalogue is predictable, especially in the '50s and '60s. Some say it is too predictable. But if you dive deep, there are hidden gems slightly off the beaten hard-bop path. Case in point: Gil Melle's Patterns in Jazz. West Coast jazz was never at home at Blue Note. Stan Getz and Dave Brubeck did not record here. But Gil Melle did, briefly, before he went ...

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Album Review

Gil Melle: Complete Blue Note 50's Sessions

Read "Complete Blue Note 50's Sessions" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
January 1, 1999

This wonderful 2-CD set by saxophonist Gil Melle is one of six titles released as part of Blue Note's new Connoisseur 10" series. The set consists of four 10" LPs and the one 12" LP (Patterns In Jazz) Gil recorded for the label. These extremely rare sessions contain a mix of straight bop, a number of standards and many of Melle's unique third stream compositions. Melle's use of a guitar (Tal Farlow, Lou Mecca and Joe Cinderella) in place of ...