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Quadrama
''Quadrama'' is an album by saxophonist and composer Gil Mellé recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
accessed May 22, 2013


Reception

awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic Review
May 22, 2013


Track listing

''All compositions by Gil Mellé except as indicated'' # "Rush Hour in Hong Kong" - 6:49 # "Jacqueline" - 5:16 # "

Gil Mellé
Gilbert John Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer. Life and career In the 1950s, Mellé created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Mellé led a number of sessions recorded for the Blue Note Records, Blue Note and Prestige Records, Prestige labels between 1952 and 1957. He also appeared at the first Newport Jazz Festival, leading a band that also contained Joe Cinderella, Vinnie Burke, and Ed Thigpen. As a film and TV composer, Mellé was one of the first to use self-built electronic instruments, either alone or as an added voice among the string, wind, brass, and percussion sections of the orchestra. Mellé died in Malibu, California on October 28, 2004. Discography As composer and arranger *''The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions, Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet'' (Blue Note, 1953) *''The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions, Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Far ...
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Joe Cinderella
Joseph Richard Cinderella (June 14, 1927 – October 27, 2012) was an American jazz guitarist and educator. Guitarist Eugene Chadbourne, writing for Allmusic.com, said of Cinderella: "He was a technically brilliant, original player who for long periods let his creative talents become obscured not by piles of soot and ash but by their musical equivalent, commercial studio jobs." Career Joe Cinderella was born into an Italian family in Newark, New Jersey, in 1927. He played mandolin, imitating his father, before picking up guitar when he was nine years old. He admired the music of Charlie Christian and Eddie Lang, and he copied the licks of Django Reinhardt. He was drafted at the age of eighteen and lived at Camp Lee in Virginia. A staff sergeant who was interested in jazz guitar heard him playing. The sergeant gave him his own room, where he played guitar all day, and prevented him from being sent to Germany by putting him in a general's band as a drummer. He married Angela Cip ...
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Gil's Guests
''Gil's Guests'' is an album by American saxophonist Gil Mellé recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
accessed December 30, 2010


Reception

The review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Baritonist Gil Melle's recordings are usually a bit unusual and this CD reissue is no exception... The charts are unpredictable and often dramatic, looking ahead toward a musical future that never occurred".Yanow, S

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Tome VI
''Tome VI'' is an album by composer and bandleader Gil Mellé and the Jazz Electronauts recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records discography
accessed August 3, 2017


Reception

The review by Richard S. Ginell stated "After several years of experimentation, Melle came up with what he portentously called "the first album of electronic jazz." More to the point for jazz listeners, Melle revamped his quartet to keep up with the cutting edge of jazz, playing soprano sax and adopting several mannerisms of modal and free styles while reserving the electronic effects mostly for somewhat free interludes in between the jazz workou ...
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Shadow Wilson
Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson (September 25, 1919 – July 11, 1959) was an American jazz drummer. Much of Wilson's early work was with swing jazz orchestras. He played with Frankie Fairfax's Campus Club Orchestra in 1936, with Lucky Millinder in 1939, and following this, with Benny Carter, Tiny Bradshaw, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Woody Herman. Later in his career, he played with Illinois Jacquet, Erroll Garner, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Newman, Lee Konitz, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, and Tadd Dameron. The drummer was known to sit in at the famed Minton's Playhouse. His nickname came from "his beautiful light touch with brushes," in the words of bassist Peter Ind. Wilson died of meningitis in July 1959. He never recorded as a leader. Discography As sideman With Thelonious Monk * ''Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane'' (Jazzland, 1957) * ''Mulligan Meets Monk'' (Riverside, 1957) * ''Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane'' (Jazzland, 1961) * ''The ...
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bassist. Biography Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier. He attended the Conservatory of Music and Art, where he studied violin. At age sixteen, he worked as assistant concertmaster for the Central Manhattan Symphony Orchestra. He began playing double bass and concentrated on composition at New York University. In the early 1940s, he accompanied Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Millinder, and Eddie Barefield. After serving in the U.S. Army, he worked as an arranger for Jimmie Lunceford, then as arranger and bassist for Sy Oliver. In the 1950s, he accompanied Lena Horne on her tour in Europe. He recorded for commercials, television shows, and movie soundtracks. Although he spent most of his career as a sideman, he recorded as a leader in 1956 with Martial Solal for Coronet. For four years beginning in 1953, he worked steadily with Bud Powell. He also worked ...
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Albums Produced By Bob Weinstock
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at  rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared duri ...
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Prestige Records Albums
Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem; in earlier usage, ''prestige'' meant "showiness". (19th c.) Prestige may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Films * ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband * ''The Prestige'' (film), a 2006 American thriller directed by Christopher Nolan Music *Prestige Records, American jazz record label * ''Prestige'' (Daddy Yankee album), a 2012 album by Daddy Yankee * ''The Prestige'' (album) Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Prestige'' (magazine), a Lebanese French-language women's fashion quarterly *Prestige, the final portion of a magic trick, typically a showy flourish (17th c.) *''The Prestige'', 1995 novel by Christopher Priest Brands and enterprises *Prestige (beer), a Haitian lager * Citi Prestige, a premium Citibank credit card *Ibanez RG Prestige, a brand of guitars manufactured by Ibanez *Plaxton Prestige, a single- ...
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1957 Albums
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film '' Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is ...
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Gil Mellé Albums
Gil or GIL may refer to: Places * Gil Island (other), one of several islands by that name * Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Hil, Azerbaijan, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan * Hiloba, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan People *Gil (given name) *Gil (surname) *Gil (footballer, born 1950), Brazilian footballer, Gilberto Alves *Gil (footballer, born June 1987), Brazilian footballer, Carlos Gilberto Nascimento Silva *Gil (footballer, born September 1987), Brazilian footballer, José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva *Gil (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer, Givanilton Martins Ferreira * José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva (1987–2016), Brazilian footballer *Gil Gomes (born 1972), Portuguese retired footballer *Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Gilmelândia (born 1975), Brazilian singer known as "Gil" * Gill (musician) (born 1977), South Korean singer Fiction * Gil, a non-canon ''Star Trek'' Card ...
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Rudy Van Gelder
Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock and Grant Green. He worked with many different record companies, and recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967. He worked on albums including John Coltrane's ''A Love Supreme'', Miles Davis's ''Walkin''', Herbie Hancock's '' Maiden Voyage'', Sonny Rollins's ''Saxophone Colossus'', and Horace Silver's ''Song for My Father''. He is regarded as one of the most influential engineers in jazz. Early life Van Gelder was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His parents, Louis Van Gelder and the former Sarah Cohen, ran a women's clothing store in Passaic. His interest in microphones and electronics ca ...
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Drum Kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player ( drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks, one in each hand, and uses their feet to operate a foot-controlled hi-hat and bass drum pedal. A standard kit may contain: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by a foot-operated pedal * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms and/or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be manipulated by a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the drum set, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral m ...
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