Blue Note session · in the studio
December 14, 1958
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Herman Foster – piano
- Peck Morrison – bass
- Jimmy Wormworth – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
The takes
4 of these 11 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 | Walkin' By The River | BLP 4053 |
| tk. 6 | Green Eyes | BLP 4053 |
| tk. 7 | Light-Foot | BLP 4053 |
| – | Hog Maw (false start) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD6-215 |
| tk. 9 | Hog Maw | 45 · 45-1806, BLP 4053 |
| tk. 11 | Jump Up | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD6-215 |
| tk. 12 | Mary Ann | BLP 4053 |
| tk. 13 | Day Dreams | 45 · 45-1806, BLP 4053 |
| tk. 14 | Stella By Starlight | BLP 4053 |
| tk. 17 | Stella By Starlight (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-5941/44 |
| tk. 18 | Mary Ann (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD6-215 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1566 | Swing and Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Ray Barretto |
 | BLP 1593 | Blues Walk | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Ray Barretto |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1545 | Wailing with Lou | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison |
 | LP-747 | Cole Slaw | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Ray Barretto |
2 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Lou Donaldson, Ray Barretto |
 | BLP 4079 | Gravy Train | Lou Donaldson | 1962 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster |
 | LP-789 | Blowin' In The Wind | Lou Donaldson | 1967 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster |