Gil Mellé
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Emerging from the American jazz milieu of the early 1950s, Mellé honed his craft by leading Blue Note and Prestige recording sessions and designing iconic album covers for Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins; his band also performed at the inaugural Newport Jazz Festival alongside musicians such as Joe Cinderella and Ed Thigpen. Transitioning to visual media, he became one of the first…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources