Gil Mellé: The Blue Note Years 1952-56
Author: Alyn Shipton
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Fresh Sound |
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March/2016 |
Not (as claimed here) the first white musician signed to Blue Note, saxophonist Mellé had a major impact on the label as engineer Rudy van Gelder’s first subject, but his music now seems less significant than the label’s other early 1950s signings.
The Blue Note Years 1952-56
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