Melvin Rhyne

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

Top Cities

Related Artists

Melvin Rhyne Trio

Larry Goldings Trio

Pat Bianchi

Lorne Lofsky

Joshua Breakstone

Jake Langley

Ron Jackson

Randy Johnston

Mark Elf

Otto Hejnic

Pietro Condorelli

Nigel Price

Atsuko Hashimoto

Chris Whiteman

Ronald Muldrow

Alessio Menconi Trio

Tilden Webb Trio

Byron Landham

Sheryl Bailey

Steve Giordano

Kenneth Clark

John Stein

Joe Cohn

Ed Cherry

Vito Rezza

Yves Brouqui

The Jim Mullen Organ Trio

Peter Leitch

Danny Embrey

Alberto Gurrisi

Jimmy Raney Trio

Dick Berk

Oliver Gannon

Avi Rothbard

Wayne Wilkinson

Bootsie Barnes

Carlo Atti

The Ron Eschete Trio

Andy Brown Quartet

Sean Levitt