COLEMAN MELLETT

Coleman Mellett (May 27, 1974 – February 12, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist in Chuck Mangione's band. He had been scheduled to play with Mangione and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on February 13, 2009, but was killed the night before in the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 together with fellow band member Gerry Niewood. He was 34. Mellett lived in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, with his wife, jazz singer Jeanie Bryson, the daughter of Dizzy Gillespie. Mellett joined Mangione's band in 1999. In 2007 he released his first solo album Natural High.