Gil Mellé Quintet / Sextet
New Faces - New Sounds

Blue Note BLP 5020 US 1953 10" LEX EAR DG MONO No "R"

Record Condition: NM / VG+ / VG / GOOD

Side 1: Strong VG: 10" Vinyl, Some faint surface scuffs, a few more slight non-feelable scratches,
nothing feelable, some soft surface noise or crackle in parts, no skips, still plays well.
Side 2: Weak VG+: Some faint surface scratches & scuffs, nothing feelable,
some soft surface noise or crackle in parts, no skips, still plays nice.
Label: Blue/White "BLUE NOTE RECORDS 767 LEXINGTON AVE nyc"
Stamp on Side 1. No ® under E in NOTE. Deep Groove on both sides.
Matrix: "ear" mark on both sides.
Format: "33 ? microgroove LONG PLAYING" MONO

Cover Condition: NM / VG+ / VG / GOOD

Front/Back: 3" bottom middle seam split, tape on top seam and top of back cover, some scuffs,
light water stain & tear on left of front cover and right of back cover, slightly worn-out.

A1   Gil Mellé Quintet - October
A2   Gil Mellé Quintet - Cyclotron
A3   Gil Mellé Quintet - Venus
A4   Gil Mellé Quintet - Under Capricorn
B1   Gil Mellé Sextet - The Gears
B2   Gil Mellé Sextet - Mars
B3   Gil Mellé Sextet - Four Moons
B4   Gil Mellé Sextet - Sunset Concerto

Bass - Clyde Lombardi (tracks: A1 - A4), Red Mitchell (tracks: B1 - B4)
Drums - Max Roach (tracks: B1 - B4)
Guitar - Tal Farlow (tracks: A1 - A4)
Piano - George Wallington (tracks: B1 - B4)
Tenor Saxophone - Gil Mellé
Trombone - X. Kentonite (tracks: A1 - A4), Eddie Bert (tracks: B1 - B4)
Vibraphone - Joe Manning (2) (tracks: B1 - B4)
Vocals - Monica Dell (tracks: B1 - B4)

Recorded on March 2, 1952 and January 31, 1953.
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ

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