Blue Note session · in the studio
March 20, 1955
Julius Watkins Sextet
In the room
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Perry Lopez – guitar
- Duke Jordan – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Art Blakey – 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. 4 | B And B | BLP 5064 |
| tk. 6 | Garden Delights | BLP 5064 |
| tk. 11 | Jordu (as Jor-du) | BLP 5064 |
| tk. 13 | Julie Ann | BLP 5064 |
| tk. 15 | Sparkling Burgundy | BLP 5064 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BCP-1003 | Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet | Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet | 1954 | Julius Watkins, Duke Jordan, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 5053 | New Faces-New Sounds | Julius Watkins | 1954 | Julius Watkins, Perry Lopez, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 5065 | Afro-Cuban | Kenny Dorham | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey |
 | BCP-6 | Bass By Pettiford/Burke | Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet | 1957 | Julius Watkins, Duke Jordan, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 1535 | Afro-Cuban | Kenny Dorham | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey |
