Blue Note session · in the studio
June 9, 1957
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
- Lou Donaldson – alto sax
- Herman Foster – piano
- Peck Morrison – bass
- Dave Bailey – drums
- Ray Barretto – conga
The takes
1 of these 8 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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. 1 | Herman's Mambo | 45 · 45-1681, BLP 1566 |
| tk. 4 | Peck Time | 45 · 45-1680, BLP 1566 |
| tk. 6 | There Will Never Be Another You (mono master) | BLP 1566 |
| tk. 7 | There Will Never Be Another You (stereo master) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note BST 81566 |
| tk. 8 | Groove Junction | BLP 1566 |
| tk. 10 | Dorothy | 45 · 45-1680, BLP 1566 |
| tk. 11 | Grits And Gravy | 45 · 45-1681, BLP 1566 |
| tk. 12 | I Won't Cry Anymore | BLP 1566 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1593 | Blues Walk | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Dave Bailey, Ray Barretto |
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4053 | Light-Foot · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson | 1961 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Ray Barretto |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1545 | Wailing with Lou | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison |
