Blue Note session · in the studio
December 16, 1959
Duke Pearson Trio
In the room
- Duke Pearson – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
Lex Humphries – drums
The takes
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | The Golden Striker | Rejected at the session |
| – | Bluebird Of Happiness | Rejected at the session |
| – | Something's Gotta Give | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 10 | On Green Dolphin Street | BLP 4035 |
| tk. 16 | When Sunny Gets Blue | BLP 4035 |
| – | I'm A Fool To Want You | Rejected at the session |
| – | One For My Baby | Rejected at the session |
| – | I Love You | Rejected at the session |
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 4022 | Profile | Duke Pearson | 1960 | Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor, Lex Humphries |
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4026 | Fuego | Donald Byrd | 1960 | Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries |
 | BLP 4048 | Byrd In Flight | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries |
 | BLP 4060 | At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1 | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries |
 | BLP 4061 | At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2 | Donald Byrd | 1963 | Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries |
 | BLP 4124 | A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | 1964 | Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries |
 | BLP 4257 | Boss Horn | Blue Mitchell | 1967 | Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor |
 | BLP 4267 | The Right Touch | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor |
 | BLP 4272 | Heads Up! | Blue Mitchell | 1968 | Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor |