Blue Note session · in the studio
February 29, 1960
Horace Parlan Trio
In the room
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Sam Jones – 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. 2 | Bags' Groove | 45 · 45-1771, BLP 4028 |
| tk. 3 | Stella By Starlight | BLP 4028 |
| tk. 5 | There Is No Greater Love | 45 · 45-1771, BLP 4028 |
| tk. 7 | On Green Dolphin Street | BLP 4028 |
| tk. 8 | C Jam Blues | 45 · 45-1770, BLP 4028 |
| tk. 10 | Up In Cynthia's Room | 45 · 45-1770, BLP 4028 |
| tk. 11 | Lady Bird | BLP 4028 |
| tk. 13 | It Could Happen To You | BLP 4028 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Sam Jones, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4036 | Sunny Side Up | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Sam Jones, Al Harewood |
2 of them 10 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4039 | Look Out! | Stanley Turrentine | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4043 | Speakin' My Piece | Horace Parlan Quintet | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4037 | Us Three | Horace Parlan | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4069 | Up At "Minton's" Vol. 1 | Stanley Turrentine | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4074 | On The Spur Of The Moment | Horace Parlan | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4077 | Doin' Allright | Dexter Gordon | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| CJM 8014 | That's It! | Booker Ervin | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4062 | Headin' South | Horace Parlan | 1962 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4070 | Up At "Minton's" Vol. 2 | Stanley Turrentine | 1962 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4082 | Up And Down | Horace Parlan | 1963 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood |
