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Organist Melvin Rhyne's greatest fame was his participation on four <a href="spotify:artist:03YhcM6fxypfwckPCQV8pQ">Wes Montgomery</a> Riverside sessions (including Montgomery's first and last album for the label). Fortunately, Rhyne survived long enough, after some lean years, to return to the major-league jazz scene and record some CDs of his own. Born in Indianapolis, Rhyne (a largely self-taught pianist) was an important part of the city's jazz scene. He played with the then-unknown <a href="spotify:artist:7De2eIqeHTw091YeAkkYXV">Roland Kirk</a> during 1955-1956, and soon switched to organ. He also had opportunities to back a series of blues (including <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">T-Bone Walker</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5xLSa7l4IV1gsQfhAMvl0U">B.B. King</a>) and R&B artists. Rhyne was part of Montgomery's group for most of 1959-1964. In 1969, he moved to Madison, WI, and four years later he relocated to Milwaukee, where he remained active if obscure for the next two decades. In 1990, he emerged, recording with <a href="spotify:artist:3cE7UG46bdFd8gHHgzyQEz">Herb Ellis</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2jOWJM2ILZD1NTyORxsduI">Brian Lynch</a>. Mel Rhyne went on to record two excellent sets for Criss Cross, including a quartet session that has <a href="spotify:artist:3uaHfXYx9Fh4HjqMbrWn5S">Joshua Redman</a> as his sideman, and has shown that he is an excellent soul-jazz and hard bop soloist in his own right. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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