Blue Note session · in the studio
February 5, 1960
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax
Bill Hardman – trumpet- Horace Parlan – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Al Harewood – drums
The takes
4 of these 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | Blues For J.P. | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 9 | Politely | 45 · 45-1774, BLP 4036 |
| tk. 11 | (Way Down Upon The) Swanee River | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32095 2 1 |
| tk. 13 | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | BLP 4036 |
| – | The Man I Love | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 18 | Goose Grease | 45 · 45-1773, BLP 4036 |
| – | The Truth | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Parlan, Sam Jones, Al Harewood |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4028 | Movin' And Groovin' | Horace Parlan | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Sam Jones, Al Harewood |
