The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions
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| The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | March 2, 1952, January 31 & October 25, 1953, September 5, 1954, February 27, 1955 and April 1, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 137:56 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Gil Mellé, Alfred Lion | |||
| Gil Mellé chronology | ||||
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| Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet Cover | ||||
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| Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Farlow Cover | ||||
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| 5 Impressions of Color Cover | ||||
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The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions is a compilatation of saxophonist, composer and bandleader Gil Mellé's recordings from 1952 to 1956 which were released on the Blue Note label.[1] They were originally released as four 10 inch LPs; Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet (which featured Rudy Van Gelder's first issued recordings); Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Farlow; Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca; 5 Impressions of Color; and a 12-inch LP Patterns in Jazz.[2][3][4][5]
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| Allmusic |   [6] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and Richard S. Ginell stated "this collection leaves little doubt that he was (and remains) a marvelous saxophonist and an intriguing composer who hasn't been given his due".[6] On All About Jazz John Sharpe said "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 a piano was seen as a bold, innovative step ... Although these discs do contain some sonic imperfections they remain a valuable document of one of the most cerebral and creative figures in jazz".[7]
