Blue Note session · in the studio
May 12, 1960
Dizzy Reece Quartet
In the room
- Dizzy Reece – trumpet
- Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
Art Taylor – drums
The takes
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | It's You Or No One | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 6 | Yesterdays | BLP 4033 |
| tk. 7 | Our Love Is Here To Stay | BLP 4033 |
| tk. 9 | Once In A While | BLP 4033 |
| tk. 10 | A Ghost Of A Chance | 45 · 45-1777, BLP 4033 |
| tk. 15 | Blue Streak | 45 · 45-1777, BLP 4033 |
| tk. 16 | Eb Pob | BLP 4033 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 36 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7035 | Lights Out! | The Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7048 | 4, 5 And 6 | Jackie McLean | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7060 | Hi Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7061 | Mobleys Message | Hank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7062 | 2 Trumpets | Farmer/Byrd | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7313 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 1956 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7073 | All Night Long | Donald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7081 | All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7082 | Mobley's 2nd Message | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7083 | Funky: Hi-Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7087 | Jackie McLean & Co. Introducing Ray Draper & Tuba | Jackie McLean & Co. Introducing Ray Draper & Tuba | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7114 | Alto Madness | Jackie McLean/John Jenkins | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7119 | 2 Guitars | Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney With Byrd, McLean, Waldron, Watkins, Taylor | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7298 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies | Various Artists | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1590 | Candy | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7131 | Wheelin' & Dealin' | Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Arthur Taylor | 1958 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7146 | Blue Gene | Gene Ammons | 1958 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4006 | Blues In Trinity | Dizzy Reece | 1959 | Dizzy Reece, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4023 | Star Bright | Dizzy Reece | 1960 | Dizzy Reece, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4024 | Swing, Swang, Swingin' | Jackie McLean | 1960 | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4038 | Capuchin Swing | Jackie McLean | 1960 | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7180 | Boss Tenor | Gene Ammons | 1960 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7708 | Gene Ammons Quintet · not on the site yet | Gene Ammons Quintet | 1960 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| NJLP 8248 | Gettin' With It | Benny Golson | 1960 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4046 | Flight To Jordan | Duke Jordan | 1961 | Dizzy Reece, Art Taylor | |
| NJLP 8247 | Looking Ahead | Ken McIntyre, Eric Dolphy | 1961 | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| PJ-41 | Inta Somethin' | Kenny Dorham And Jackie McLean | 1962 | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7280 | Dakar | John Coltrane | 1963 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7306 | Biggest Soul Hits | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7320 | Velvet Soul | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7369 | Angel Eyes | Gene Ammons | 1965 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| PR 7448 | The Best Of Kenny Burrell | The Prestige All Stars | 1966 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| MGV-8001 | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra | 1956+ | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| MGV-8007 | The Genius Of Charlie Parker #5 | Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter | 1956+ | Walter Bishop Jr., Art Taylor | |
| MG 12091 | Introducing Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | |
| MG 12092 | Jazz Message #2 | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1957 | Doug Watkins, Art Taylor |
