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Blue Note session · in the studio

April 20, 1960

Horace Parlan Trio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 2Come Rain Or Come ShineBLP 4037
tk. 3I Want To Be LovedBLP 4037
tk. 6Return EngagementBLP 4037
tk. 7Us ThreeBLP 4037
tk. 11The Lady Is A TrampBLP 4037
tk. 12Wadin'BLP 4037
tk. 13Walkin'BLP 4037
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 9 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4039Look Out!Stanley Turrentine1960Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4043Speakin' My PieceHorace Parlan Quintet1960Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4069Up At "Minton's" Vol. 1Stanley Turrentine1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4074On The Spur Of The MomentHorace Parlan1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4077Doin' AllrightDexter Gordon1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
CJM 8014That's It!Booker Ervin1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4062Headin' SouthHorace Parlan1962Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4070Up At "Minton's" Vol. 2Stanley Turrentine1962Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4082Up And DownHorace Parlan1963Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood

2 of them 5 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4025The Time Is RightLou Donaldson1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
BLP 4028Movin' And Groovin'Horace Parlan1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
BLP 4036Sunny Side UpLou Donaldson1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
MG 12154Cookin'Booker Ervin Quintet1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker
MG 12161SoulThe Voice Of Barbara Long1961George Tucker, Al Harewood