''Tome VI'' is an album by composer and bandleader

Gil Mellé Gilbert John Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer. Life and career In the 1950s, Mellé created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Me ...

and the Jazz Electronauts recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records discography
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Reception

The

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review by Richard S. Ginell stated "After several years of experimentation, Melle came up with what he portentously called "the first album of electronic jazz." More to the point for jazz listeners, Melle revamped his quartet to keep up with the cutting edge of jazz, playing soprano sax and adopting several mannerisms of modal and free styles while reserving the electronic effects mostly for somewhat free interludes in between the jazz workouts. ... This LP was a technical breakthrough of sorts, for the electronic instruments were being played live at a time when electronic music could only be heard on pre-recorded tape. Aesthetically, it is merely a curiosity".

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Mellé, # "Blue Quasar" – 15:15 # "Elgin Marble" – 4:15 # "Man with the Flashlight" – 11:40 # "Jog Falls Spinning Song" – 6:15

Personnel

– soprano saxophone, Tome VI, effects generator, arranger *Forrest Westbrook –

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, Electar *Benfaral Matthews – bass,

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, Envelope *Fred C. Stofflet –

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, Doomsday Machine

References

{{Authority control Verve Records albums Gil Mellé albums 1968 albums