Chasm | 12 - Melvin Rees

The Apex & The Abyss

Erika Gwynn

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Melvin Rees was a musician who wanted nothing more than to break out big in the mid 1950s jazz scene. However, there was a darker side to Melvin that no one knew about... ---- twitter: @apexandabyss instagram: @apexandabyss email: apexandabyss@gmail.com Website: apexandabyss.com ---- Links: patreon.com/apexandabyss https://www.teepublic.com/user/apexandabyss?utm_source=designer&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=GrKlkl5b82M ---- Music: Matt Clarke - Conspirators Ars Sonor - Efterdyningen Kai Engel - Traffic

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1:33.7	The Apex and the Abyss presents the chasm, episode 12, Nelvin Reese. Rees. In 1933, Melvin Rees was born. Melvin's childhood and early adolescence is a mystery.
2:04.6	The first bit of information that comes up about him came about in the 1950s when he attended the University of Maryland.
2:13.6	In school, the quiet yet arrogant young man studied music and was known to be a skilled
2:19.7	saxophone, clarinet, and piano player. Melvin would never graduate with a degree from the
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