Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet: New Faces, New Sounds

Date:	Sunday, March 2, 1952
Label/Number:	Blue Note 5020 (purchased from Triumph label)
Personnel:	Gil Mellé (ts) Eddie Bert [as X. Kentonite] (tb) Joe Manning (vb) George Wallington (p) Red Mitchell (b) Max Roach (d) Monica Dell (vo)
Tracks:	Four Moons / The Gears / Mars / Sunset Concerto
Location:	New York
Producer:	Gus Statiras
Liner Notes:	Barry Ulanov
Research Comments:	This session predated Van Gelder’s involvement with the Blue Note label, but these tracks were later included on Mellé’s first Blue Note release after they had been purchased from Triumph by Alfred Lion.
Status Notes:
Sources:	BND CDJ GM EB RU2