Gil's Guests
{{Infobox album
| name = Gil's Guests
| type = Album
| artist = Gil Mellé
| cover = Gil's Guests.jpg
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| released = 1956
| recorded = August 10 & 26, 1956
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 53:00
| label = Prestige
| producer =
| chronology = Gil Mellé
| prev_title = Primitive Modern
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Quadrama
| next_year = 1957
}}
Gil's Guests is an album by American saxophonist Gil Mellé recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7063 Prestige Records discography] accessed December 30, 2010
Reception
The Allmusic 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. [http://allmusic.com/album/gils-guests-r143791 Allmusic Review] accessed December 30, 2010
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Track listing
:All compositions by Gil Mellé
- "Soudan" - 6:21
- "Tomorrow" - 6:10
- "Block Island" - 4:57
- "Sixpence" - 5:52
- "Still Life" - 8:10
- "Ghengis" - 3:46
- "Funk for Star People" - 6:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Golden Age" - 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Herbie" - 4:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
:*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on August 10 (tracks 1-3) and August 24 (tracks 4-6), 1956 and January 18, 1957 (tracks 7-9).
Personnel
- Gil Mellé - baritone saxophone
- Joe Cinderella - guitar (tracks 1–6)
- Vinnie Burke - bass (tracks 1–6)
- Ed Thigpen - drums (tracks 1–6)
- Hal McKusick - alto saxophone (tracks 1–6), flute (tracks 1–3)
- Art Farmer - trumpet (tracks 1–3)
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 4–6)
- Julius Watkins - french horn (tracks 1–3)
- Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 4–6)
- Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 7–9)
- Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 7–9)
- Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 7–9)
- Teddy Charles - vibraphone (tracks 7–9)
- George Duvivier - bass (tracks 7–9)
- Shadow Wilson - drums (tracks 7–9)
References
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Category:Prestige Records albums