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RE: V.C.O.T.D..........Gil Melle

Posted by JazzDude (A) on June 2, 2017 at 09:16:02

In Reply to: V.C.O.T.D..........Gil Melle posted by ASHRA on May 31, 2017 at 19:22:54:

Thanks ASHRA; another nice find from your LP library. I found this mid-1950's pressed Gil Melle Blue Note, shown in the attached photos, to have that wonderful big rich and full dynamic sound common to the several 1st edition Blue Note mono LPs I have been lucky to hear. As expected from a 1950's Blue Note the performance was excellent.

Interesting details about Melle from his Wiki page:
"It was Melle who introduced engineer Rudy Van Gelder to Alfred Lion, the Blue Note Records founder, in 1952."

"In the 1950s, Melle's paintings and sculptures were shown in New York City galleries and he created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins."

"Melle played the tenor and baritone saxophone with George Wallington, Max Roach, Tal Farlow, Oscar Pettiford, Ed Thigpen, Kenny Dorham and Zoot Sims, and led a number of sessions recorded for the Blue Note and Prestige labels between 1953 and 1957."

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