Gil Melle - Gils Guests '1956

Tracks list

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

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 Melles recordings are usually a bit unusual and this CD reissue
is no exception. Melles 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

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