Gil Melle Patterns In Jazz

Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (1956) {Blue Note Japan TOCJ-9581 rel 2004, Paper Sleeve}

Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (1956) {Blue Note Japan TOCJ-9581 rel 2004, Paper Sleeve}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 152 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 88 Mb
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© 1956, 2004 Blue Note / Toshiba-EMI Japan | TOCJ-9581
Jazz / Cool / Third Stream / Baritone Saxophone

Like the modern art that stormed the art world in the '50s, Patterns in Jazz is filled with bright, bold colors and identifiable patterns that camouflage how adventurous the work actually is. On the surface, the music is cool and laid-back, but close listening reveals the invention in Melle's compositions and arrangements of the standards "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Long Ago and Far Away." Part of the charm of Patterns in Jazz is the unusual instrumental balance of Melle's bari sax, Eddie Bert's trombone, Joe Cinderella's guitar, and Oscar Pettiford's bass. These low, throaty instruments sound surprisingly light and swinging. Compared to the two standards, Melle's original compositions are a little short on melody, but they give the musicians room to improvise, resulting in some dynamic music. Ultimately, Patterns in Jazz is cerebral music that swings – it's entertaining, but stimulating.

Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (1956/2019)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at Oct. 9, 2019
Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (1956/2019)

Gil Melle - Patterns In Jazz (1956/2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 108 MB | Cover | 00:37:06
Jazz | Label: Blue Note Records

Like the modern art that stormed the art world in the '50s, Patterns in Jazz is filled with bright, bold colors and identifiable patterns that camouflage how adventurous the work actually is. On the surface, the music is cool and laid-back, but close listening reveals the invention in Melle's compositions and arrangements of the standards "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Long Ago and Far Away." Part of the charm of Patterns in Jazz is the unusual instrumental balance of Melle's bari sax, Eddie Bert's trombone, Joe Cinderella's guitar, and Oscar Pettiford's bass. These low, throaty instruments sound surprisingly light and swinging. Compared to the two standards, Melle's original compositions are a little short on melody, but they give the musicians room to improvise, resulting in some dynamic music. Ultimately, Patterns in Jazz is cerebral music that swings it's entertaining, but stimulating.

Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions (2CD) (1998)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 27, 2017
Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions (2CD) (1998)

Gil Melle - The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions (2CD) (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 383.84 Mb (CD1) + 361.50 Mb (CD2) + 14.03 Mb (Scans) | 02:05:19
Cool, Bop, Third Stream | Country: USA | Label: Blue Note (7243 4 95718 2 2)

Blue Note raids the back of its vaults for all four of Melle's long out of print 10" LPs, plus the 12" Patterns in Jazz, in order to place back in circulation a musician who had been nearly invisible to the jazz world for a good three decades. Though Melle's entertaining self-penned liner notes may be outrageously self-aggrandizing, this collection leaves little doubt that he was (and remains) a marvelous saxophonist and an intriguing composer who hasn't been given his due. On the early sides, Melle plays an erudite, relaxed, always musical tenor sax, and "Transition" marks his recorded debut on baritone, which he uses in a thoughtful, even quizzical manner for the remainder of the set.