Recorded in 1956, bari saxophonist Gil Melle's album is an odd but worthy addition to the Blue Note library. I stumbled upon this rare album while looking over the Blue Note Records discography on Wikipedia. Not to be confused with Jerry Coker's seminal be-bop guide Patterns for Jazz, Patterns in Jazz represents a great but obscure example of "cool" jazz.
Pattern's in Jazz introduced me to some excellent soloists I had not yet heard. Joe Cinderella and Ed Bert's solos are exciting and melodic additions to Gil Melle's Gerry Mulligan inspired improvisations. Veteran all-stars Ed Thigpen and Oscar Pettiford hold down groove and provide the perfect backdrop for inspired solists. Melle's cool-school inspired yet abstract compositions are the true star of the show here. Weird Valley and Nice Questions were among my favorite tracks.
"The Set Break" - 4:48 "Weird Valley" - 5:13 "Moonlight in Vermont - 4:52 "Long Ago and Far Away - 4:32 "The Arab Barber Blues" - 9:05 "Nice Questions" - 8:17
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