Patterns in Jazz
title: "Patterns in Jazz" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["blue-note-records-albums", "gil-mellé-albums", "1956-albums", "albums-produced-by-alfred-lion", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio", "albums-recorded-in-a-home-studio"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_in_Jazz" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Patterns in Jazz |
| type | Album |
| artist | Gil Mellé |
| cover | Patterns in Jazz.jpg |
| released | 1956 |
| recorded | April 1, 1956 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio |
| Hackensack, NJ | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 36:47 |
| label | Blue Note |
| BLP 1517 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| chronology | Gil Mellé |
| prev_title | Five Impressions of Color |
| prev_year | 1955 |
| next_title | Primitive Modern |
| next_year | 1956 |
| :: |
| name = Patterns in Jazz | type = Album | artist = Gil Mellé | cover = Patterns in Jazz.jpg | alt = | released = 1956 | recorded = April 1, 1956 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 36:47 | label = Blue Note BLP 1517 | producer = Alfred Lion | chronology = Gil Mellé | prev_title = Five Impressions of Color | prev_year = 1955 | next_title = Primitive Modern | next_year = 1956
Patterns in Jazz is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gil Mellé recorded on April 1, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features trombonist Eddie Bert and rhythm section Joe Cinderella, Oscar Pettiford and Ed Thigpen.
Reception
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Track listing
| all_writing = Gil Mellé, except as noted. | headline = Side 1 | title1 = The Set Break | length1 = 4:48 | title2 = Weird Valley | length2 = 5:13 | title3 = The Arab Barber Blues | length3 = 9:05 | headline = Side 2 | title1 = Nice Question | length1 = 8:17 | title2 = Moonlight in Vermont | writer2 = | length2 = 4:55 | title3 = Long Ago (And Far Away) | length3 = 4:34 | writer3 =
Personnel
Musicians
- Gil Mellé – baritone saxophone
- Eddie Bert – trombone
- Joe Cinderella – guitar
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Barry Ulanov – liner notes
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1517 Blue Note Records discography] accessed December 28, 2010
- Erlewine, S. T. [http://allmusic.com/album/patterns-in-jazz-r143792 Allmusic Review] accessed December 28, 2010
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