Prestige session · in the studio
April 20, 1956
The Gil Melle Quartet
In the room
- Gil Melle – baritone sax
- Joe Cindrella – guitar
- Billy Phillips – bass
Ed Thigpen – drums · as Edmund Thigpen
Photos: Ed Thigpen, Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0
The takes
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 877 | Adventure Swing | PRLP 7040 |
| 878 | Mark One | PRLP 7040 |
| 879 | Dedicatory Piece To The Geophysical Year Of 1957 | PRLP 7040 |
3 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5054 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | The Gil Melle Quartet Vol. 3 | 1954 | Gil Melle, Billy Phillips |
 | BLP 5063 | Five Impressions Of Color · not on the site yet | Gil Melle Quintet Vol. 4 | 1955 | Gil Melle, Billy Phillips |
 | BLP 1517 | Patterns in Jazz | Gil Mellé | 1956 | Gil Melle, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7063 | Gil's Guests | Gil Melle Quartet | 1956 | Gil Melle, Ed Thigpen |