The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions

1

Four Moons

02:23

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Bass Vocalist: Red Mitchell - Drum Kit: Max Roach - Piano: George Wallington - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Vibraphone: Joe Manning - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

2

The Gears

03:06

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Vocalist: Monica Dell - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Bass Vocalist: Red Mitchell - Drum Kit: Max Roach - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Vibraphone: Joe Manning - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

3

Mars

02:46

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Vibraphone: Joe Manning - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Vocalist: Monica Dell - Composer: John Coltrane

4

Sunset Concerto

02:03

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Vibraphone: Joe Manning - Vocalist: Monica Dell - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

5

Cyclotron

03:13

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Composer: Gil Melle

6

October

03:41

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Composer: Gil Melle

7

Under Capricorn

02:58

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Composer: Gil Melle

8

Venus

03:40

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Piano: George Wallington - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Composer: Gil Melle

9

Lover Man

05:55

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Jimmy Sherman

10

Spellbound

03:18

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Miklós Rózsa

11

Transition

05:12

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

12

A Lion Lives Here

03:50

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

13

Timepiece

03:10

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

14

Gingersnap

03:17

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Tenor Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

15

The Nearness Of You

04:17

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Clyde Lombardi - Drum Kit: Joe Morello - Guitar: Tal Farlow - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Urbie Green - Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

16

Lullaby Of Birdland

03:46

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Bill Phillips - Drum Kit: Vinnie Thomas - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Composer: George Shearing

17

Ballade For Guitar

03:53

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Bill Phillips - Drum Kit: Vinnie Thomas - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

18

Metropolitan

02:50

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Bill Phillips - Drum Kit: Vinnie Thomas - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

19

Newport News

04:55

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Upright Bass: Bill Phillips - Drum Kit: Vinnie Thomas - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

20

Summertime

03:59

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Composer Lyricist: George Gershwin

21

Quadrille For Moderns

03:31

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

22

Five Impressions Of Color (Medley) Spectrum Violet/Sea Green/Royal Blue/Ebony/Spectrum Red

12:37

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Tuba: Don Butterfield - Composer: Gil Melle

23

Life Begins At Midnight

04:24

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Tuba: Don Butterfield - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

24

Night Train To Wildwood

04:10

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Tuba: Don Butterfield - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

25

Threadneedle Street

04:15

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Producer: Michael Cuscuna - Mastering Engineer: Ron McMaster - Guitar: Lou Mecca - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Tuba: Don Butterfield - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

26

Weird Valley

05:13

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

27

The Set Break

04:48

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer: Gil Melle

28

Moonlight In Vermont

04:52

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer Lyricist: Karl Suessdorf

29

Long Ago (And Far Away)

04:32

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer: Jerome Kern

30

The Arab Barber Blues

09:05

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer: Gilbert John Melle

31

Nice Questions

08:17

Gil Melle

Producer: Alfred Lion - Artist: Gil Melle - Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder - Baritone Saxophone: Gil Melle - Trombone: Eddie Bert - Guitar: Joe Cinderella - Upright Bass: Oscar Pettiford - Drum Kit: Ed Thigpen - Composer: Gilbert John Melle