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Melvin Rhyne

Melvin Rhyne was born in Indianapolis in 1936 and started playing the piano shortly after. At 19 years old, Rhyne started playing piano with then unknown tenor saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk but quickly switched over to the instrument that would make him famous: the Hammond B-3 organ. Rhyne's piano skills translated to the organ fluently and before long he was backing famous blues players like B.B. King and T-Bone Walker. In 1959 he was asked to join fellow Indianapolis musician Wes Montgomery's newly formed trio.

Rhyne then moved to Wisconsin and largely kept to himself for the next two decades. In 1991, however, he played on Herb Ellis's album Roll Call, Brian Lynch's At the Main Event, and his own album, The Legend. He continued to be prolific in the years to come, releasing eight more solo albums on the Criss Cross Jazz label. Rhyne also recorded with The Mark Ladley Trio for the 1992 release, Strictly Business and the 1994 release, Evidence. Both landed in the Jazz Charts at CMJ New Music Report and The Gavin Report. The group also appeared on a Jazziz Magazine sampler disc during that time.

In 2008 Rhyne teamed up with fellow Indianapolis jazz musician Rob Dixon to form the Dixon-Rhyne Project, a boundary-pushing jazz quartet that also includes Chicago guitarist Fareed Haque and drummer Kenny Phelps. The quartet released the album Reinvention in 2008 on Indianapolis jazz label Owl Studios. Rhyne's later career trio included drummer Kenny Washington and guitarist Peter Bernstein in the same organ, guitar, drum formation of the original Wes Montgomery Trio. Melvin passed away in 2013.

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The Wes Montgomery Trio Riverside 1156 released 1959 recorded October 1959 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Paul Parker, drums
Boss Guitar Riverside 459 released 1963 recorded April 1963 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Jimmy Cobb, drums
Portrait Of Wes Riverside 9492 released 1966 recorded 1965 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ George Brown, drums
Guitar On The Go Riverside 9494 released 1966 recorded 1963 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ George Brown, drums Paul Parker, drums
Pretty Blue Milestone M-47030 released 1975 recorded October 1959, April 1963, October 1963 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Jimmy Cobb, drums Paul Parker, drums George Brown, drums
The Alternative Wes Montgomery Milestone M-47065 released 1982 recorded on various dates, previously unissued takes	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Jimmy Cobb, drums George Brown, drums
Encores Milestone M-9110 released 1983 compilation of various recordings	Wes Montgomery, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Jimmy Cobb, drums George Brown, drums
Roll Call Justice Records released 1991 recorded in Houston, TX	Herb Ellis, guitar Jay Thomas, tenor sax Mel Rhyne, organ John Frigo, violin Jake Hanna, drums
The Legend Criss Cross 1059 released 1992 recorded December 1991 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums Brian Lynch, trumpet Don Braden, tenor sax
At The Main Event Criss Cross 1070 released 1993 recorded December 1991 in New York City/USA	Brian Lynch, trumpet Ralph Moore, tenor sax Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums Jose Alexis Diaz, congas
To Cannonball With Love King Records KICJ 147 released 1993 recorded November 1992 in Milwaukee, WI/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Vincent Herring, alto sax Manty Ellis, guitar Carl Allen, drums
Yesterdays Enja 8020-2 released 1993 recorded December 1992 in Milwaukee, WI/USA	Ronald Muldrow, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Victor Campbell, drums
Boss Organ Criss Cross 1080 released 1994 recorded January 1993 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Joshua Redman, tenor sax Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums
Tell It Like It Is Criss Cross 1089 released 1994 recorded in New York City/USA	Eric Alexander, tenor sax Ralph Lalama, tenor sax Tad Shull, tenor sax Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums
Eric Alexander In Europe Criss Cross 1114 released 1995 recorded April 1995 at Studio 44 in Monster/The Netherlands	Eric Alexander, tenor sax Bobby Broom, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ Joe Farnsworth, drums
Stick To The Kick Criss Cross 1137 released 1995 recorded December 1994 and December 1995 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Ryan Kisor, trumpet Eric Alexander, tenor sax Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums
Wes Montgomery Giants Of Jazz CD 53239 released 1995 compilation tracks 02, 06 to 08, 10 recorded January 1960 in New York City/USA tracks 01, 03 to 05, 09, 11 recorded August 1961 in New York City/USA track 12 recorded April 1963 in New York City/USA track 13 recorded November 1963 in New York City/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Mel Rhyne, organ Hank Jones, piano Tommy Flanagan, piano Percy Heath, bass Ron Carter, bass Albert Heath, drums George Brown, drums Jimmy Cobb, drums Lex Humphries, drums Ray Barretto, congas
Mel's Spell Criss Cross 1118 recorded December 1994 and December 1995 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Daniel Sadownick, percussion Kenny Washington, drums
Aztec Blues Criss Cross Jazz Criss 1143 CD recorded December 1994	Eric Alexander, tenor sax Ralph Lalama, tenor sax Tad Shull, tenor sax Peter Bernstein, guitar Mel Rhyne, organ Kenny Washington, drums
Remembering Wes Savant SCD 2016 recorded November 1996 in Rutherford, NJ/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Royce Campbell, guitar Ray Appleton, drums
Kojo Criss Cross 1164 recorded December 1997 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Daniel Sadownick, percussion Kenny Washington, drums
Classmasters Criss Cross 1183 recorded December 1999 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Eric Alexander, tenor sax Peter Bernstein, guitar Kenny Washington, drums Daniel G. Sadownick, percussion
Organ-izing OJCCD-1055-2 reissue of Jazzland JLP 16 (1960) recorded March 1960 in New York City/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Blue Mitchell, trumpet Johnny Griffin, tenor sax Gene Harris, piano Andy Simpkins, bass Albert 'Tootie' Heath, drums
Tomorrow Yesterday Today Criss Cross 1252 recorded December 2003 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Tad Shull, tenor sax Kenny Washington, drums Peter Bernstein, guitar
Front & Center Criss Cross 1290 recorded March 2006 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Melvin Rhyne, organ Peter Bernstein, guitar Ray Appleton, drums
Blues For Mel Tippin' Records TIP1106 recorded 2009 in USA	Kyle Asche, guitar Melvin Rhyne, organ George Fludas, drums, percussion
Count On Swingin' no label	Will Matthews, guitar Bobby Watson, alto sax Mel Rhyne, Hammond B-3 organ Kenny Phelps, drums
Echoes Of Indiana Avenue Resonance Records HCD-2011 recorded 1957-1958 in Indianapolis, IN/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Mingo Jones, bass Monk Montgomery, bass Paul Parker, drums Sonny Johnson, drums Paul Parker, drums Melvin Rhyne, organ, piano Buddy Montgomery, piano Earl van Riper, piano
Back On Indiana Avenue Resonance Records HCD-2036 recorded possibly in the mid to late 1950s in Indianapolis, IN/USA	Wes Montgomery, guitar Dave Young, tenor sax David Baker, trombone Melvin Rhyne, organ, piano John Bunch, piano Buddy Montgomery, piano Carl Perkins, piano Earl Van Riper, piano Mingo Jones, bass Monk Montgomery, bass Sonny Johnson, drums Paul Parker, drums

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