Blue Note session · in the studio
August 8, 1954
Julius Watkins Sextet
In the room
- Julius Watkins – French horn
Frank Foster – tenor sax- Perry Lopez – guitar
- George Butcher – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 3 | Linda Delia | 45 · 45-1658, BLP 5053 |
| tk. 6 | Perpetuation | BLP 5053 |
| tk. 7 | I Have Known | 45 · 45-1658, BLP 5053 |
| tk. 8 | Leete | BLP 5053 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5045 | George Wallington And His Band | George Wallington And His Band | 1954 | Frank Foster, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5064 | Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2 | Julius Watkins Sextet | 1955 | Julius Watkins, Perry Lopez, Oscar Pettiford |
