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Blue Note session · in the studio

October 25, 1948

James Moody And His Bop Men

Apex Studios, NYC

In the room

The takes

What the numbers mean

BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.

tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.

On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.

Matrix · takeTitleFirst out on
BN344-0Tropicana78 · 553, BLP 5006
BN345-1Cu-Ba78 · 554, BLP 5006
BN346-0Moody's All Frantic78 · 556, BLP 5006
BN347-0Tin Tin Deo78 · 555, BLP 5006
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

James Moody And His Bop Men – James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (Blue Note BLP 5006)BLP 5006 · 1952James Moody And His Modernists With Chano PozoJames Moody And His Bop Men

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 7 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
MG 9012New Sounds In Modern MusicVarious Artists1952James Moody, Dave Burns, Gil Fuller
MGC-622Jazz Moods By Illinois JacquetIllinois Jacquet And His Orchestra1954Elmon Wright, Ernie Henry, Cecil Payne
MG-26004The Moody StoryJames Moody1954James Moody, Dave Burns, Cecil Payne
MG 12020Groovin' High With Dizzy GillespieDizzy Gillespie Sextet1955James Moody, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright
MG-36031The Moody StoryJames Moody1955James Moody, Dave Burns, Cecil Payne
MGC-700Jazz MoodsIllinois Jacquet And His Orchestra1956Elmon Wright, Ernie Henry, Cecil Payne
MG 12110The Dizzy Gillespie StoryRay Brown's All Stars / The Be Bop Boys1957James Moody, Dave Burns, Gil Fuller

2 of them 32 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 5004Fats Navarro Memorial AlbumThe Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro1952Ernie Henry, Nelson Boyd
MG 9019New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6Fats Navarro1952Nelson Boyd, Art Blakey
PR 7663James Moody And His Band · not on the site yetJames Moody And His Band1954James Moody, Dave Burns
MG-26025Blues For SaleBilly Eckstine1954Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-26027The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"Billy Eckstine1954Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-26040MoodsvilleJames Moody1954James Moody, Dave Burns
PRLP 192James Moody's MoodsJames Moody And His Band1955James Moody, Dave Burns
PRLP 198MoodyJames Moody And His Band1955James Moody, Dave Burns
MGN-1034Tenor SaxesStan Getz, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura1955Cecil Payne, Nelson Boyd
BLP 5065Afro-CubanKenny Dorham1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
PRLP 7011Hi Fi PartyJames Moody1955James Moody, Dave Burns
PR 7740James Moody And His Band · not on the site yetJames Moody And His Band1955James Moody, Dave Burns
PR 7853James Moody And His Band · not on the site yetJames Moody And His Band1955James Moody, Dave Burns
MG-36007Clark TerryClark Terry Septet1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-36010I Surrender, DearBilly Eckstine1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-36029Blues For SaleBilly Eckstine1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-36030The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"Billy Eckstine1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
MG-36038Boning Up The 'BonesVarious Artists1955Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
PRLP 7036Wail Moody WailJames Moody And His Band1956James Moody, Dave Burns
PRLP 7056James Moody's MoodsJames Moody And His Band1956James Moody, Dave Burns
MG-36050Volume III-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Reeds-Part IVarious Artists1956James Moody, Dave Burns
BLP 1531The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1Fats Navarro1957Ernie Henry, Nelson Boyd
BLP 1535Afro-CubanKenny Dorham1957Cecil Payne, Art Blakey
PRLP 7072MoodyJames Moody And His Band1957James Moody, Dave Burns
MGV-8230The Anatomy Of ImprovisationVarious Artists1957Cecil Payne, Nelson Boyd
RLP 12-266Last ChorusErnie Henry1958Ernie Henry, Cecil Payne
MG 12133NostalgiaFats Navarro1959Nelson Boyd, Art Blakey
RLP 429Big BagsMilt Jackson Orchestra1962James Moody, Dave Burns
V-8568The Essential Coleman HawkinsColeman Hawkins Solo1963Cecil Payne, Nelson Boyd
LM-82002I/We Had A BallVarious Artists1965James Moody, Art Blakey
RLP 478For Someone I LoveMilt Jackson And Big Brass1966Dave Burns, Elmon Wright
PJ-10101Night FlightGil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra Featuring James Moody1966James Moody, Gil Fuller