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The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions is a compilatation of saxophonist, composer and bandleader Gil Mellé‘s recordings from 1952 to 1956 which were released on the Blue Note label.

Track listing:

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1-1 Four Moons 2:23
1-2 The Gears 3:06
1-3 Mars 2:46
1-4 Sunset Concerto 2:03
1-5 Cyclotron 3:13
1-6 October 3:41
1-7 Under Capricorn 2:58
1-8 Venus 3:40
1-9 Lover Man
Written-By – Ram Ramirez 5:55
1-10 Spellbound
Written-By – Miklos Rozas 3:18
1-11 Transition 5:12
1-12 A Lion Lives Here 3:50
1-13 Timepiece 3:10
1-14 Gingersnap 3:17
1-15 The Nearness Of You
Written-By – H. Carmichael, N. Washington 4:17
1-16 Lullaby Of Birdland
Written-By – George Shearing
3:46
1-17 Ballalde For Guitar 3:53
1-18 Metropolitan 2:50
1-19 Newport News 4:55
2-1 Summertime
Written-By – D. Heyward, G. Gershwin 3:59
2-2 Quadrille For Moderns 3:31
Five Impressions Of Color (12:37)
2-3.1 Spectrum Violet
2-3.2 Sea Green
2-3.3 Royal Blue
2-3.4 Ebony
2-3.5 Spectrum Red
2-4 Life Begins At Midnight 4:24
2-5 Night Train To Wildwood 4:10
2-6 Threadneedle Street 4:15
2-7 Weird Valley 5:13
2-8 The Set Break 4:48
2-9 Moonlight In Vermont
Written-By – J. Blackburn, K. Suessodorf 4:52
2-10 Long Ago And Far Away
Written-By – I. Gershwin, J. Kern 4:32
2-11 The Arab Barber Blues 9:05
2-12 Nice Questions 8:17

Personnel:
Baritone Saxophone – Gil Mellé (tracks: 1-12, 1-13, 1-15, 2-1 to 2-14)
Bass – Bill Phillips (tracks: 1-16 to 1-19, 2-1 to 2-6), Clyde Lombardi (tracks: 1-5 to 1-15), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 2-7 to 2-12), Red Mitchell (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
Drums – Ed Thigpen (tracks: 2-7 to 2-12), Joe Morello (tracks: 1-5 to 1-15), Max Roach (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Vinnie Thomas (tracks: 1-16 to 1-19, 2-1 to 2-6)
Guitar – Joe Cinderella (tracks: 2-7 to 2-12), Lou Mecca (tracks: 1-16 to 1-19, 2-1 to 2-6), Tal Farlow (tracks: 1-5 to 1-15)
Liner Notes – Gil Mellé
Piano – George Wallington (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
Producer – Alfred Lion (tracks: 1-5 to 1-19, 2-1 to 2-12), Gil Mellé (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
Tenor Saxophone – Gil Mellé (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 1-14)
Trombone – Eddie Bert (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 2-7 to 2-12), Urbie Green (tracks: 1-9 to 1-15)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6)
Vibraphone – Joe Manning (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
Vocals – Monica Dell (tracks: 1-2 to 1-4)
Written-By – Gil Mellé (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 1-11 to 1-14, 1-17 to 1-19, 2-2 to 2-8, 2-11, 2-12)

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Label: Blue Note ‎– 7243 4 95718 2 2, Blue Note ‎– 95718
Series: Connoisseur 10″ Series
Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1998