Last week, following my post on guitarist Lou Mecca, I heard from many readers who were unfamiliar with Gil Mellé and wanted to hear more. The place to start with Mellé are his 1950s recordings for Blue Note. As a footnote, his first—New Faces, New Sounds: Quintet/Sextet, a 10-inch album—was the first to be recorded on tape at Rudy Van Gelder's studio i…
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