Gil Melle Quartet – Melle Plays Primitive Modern (1956)
Prestige – PRLP 7040Rec. Dates : April 20, 1956, June 1, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelleBass : Billy PhillipsDrums : Edmund ThigpenGuitar : Joe Cinderella Listening to Prestige : #173Stream this Album Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 75 “Primitive modern” is a rather misleading way to characterize baritone saxophonist Gil Melle‘s kind of music. Modern, yes; but primitive, no. In the…