Prestige – PRLP 7040Rec. Dates : April 20, 1956, June 1, 1956 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gil MelleBass : Billy PhillipsDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Joe Cinderella Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #173April 20, 1956 Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 75 “Primitive modern” is a rather misleading way to characterize baritone saxophonist Gil Melle’s…
Blue Note – BLP 1530Rec. Date : July 28, 1956 Piano : Jutta HippTenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Ed ThigpenTrumpet : Jerry Lloyd Strictlyheadies : 02/07/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 67 The competent, but derivative German pianist needs and gets name assistance from tenorman Sims, but it’s not enough at that to make this set stand…
Blue Note – BLP 1517Rec. Date : April 1, 1956 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gil MelléBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrombone : Eddie Bert Cashbox : 10/27/1956 This five man combo, headed here by Gil Mellé (baritone sax), swing lightly but persuasively through several Mellé composed numbers and two…
Blue Note – BLP 1516Rec. Date : April 5, 1956 Piano : Jutta HippBass : Peter IndDrums : Ed Thigpen Strictlyheadies : 01/24/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 67 Miss Hipp is impressive in the way she gets around the piano, and for her facility with jazz language. However, the fire and uniformity of performance of the “important” jazz…
Blue Note – BLP 1515Rec. Date : April 5, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Jutta HippBass : Peter IndDrums : Ed Thigpen Saturday ReviewWhitney Balliett : 08/11/1956 Miss Hipp is a thirty-one-year-old German-born pianist who settled here last fall. This was made one night recently at the Hickory House in New York. Peter Ind…
