Gil Melle - Gil's Guests (1956)

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Title: Gil's Guests
Year Of Release: 1956
Label: OJC[OJCCD-1753-2]
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 53:00
Total Size: 297 MB(+3%) | 126 MB(+3%)
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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
Gil Melle - Gil's Guests (1956)

personnel :

Gil Melle - baritone saxophone
Kenny Dorham (tracks 4-6), Art Farmer (tracks 1-3 & 7-9) - trumpet
Julius Watkins - french horn (tracks 1-3)
Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 4-6)
Hal McKusick - alto saxophone, flute
Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone (tracks 7-9)
Joe Cinderella - guitar
Vinnie Burke - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums

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.~ Scott Yanow