Blue Note session · in the studio
February 28, 1960
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax
Bill Hardman – trumpet- Horace Parlan – piano
- Laymon Jackson – bass
- Al Harewood – 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. 21 | The Man I Love | BLP 4036 |
| tk. 25 | Blues For J.P. | 45 · 45-1774, BLP 4036 |
| tk. 26 | The Truth | 45 · 45-1773, BLP 4036 |
| tk. 28 | It's You Or No One | BLP 4036 |
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, Laymon Jackson, Al Harewood |
