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Blue Note session · in the studio

July 10, 1960

Donald Byrd Quintet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

3 of these 6 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 · takeTitleFirst out on
–KimyasRejected at the session
–CecileRejected at the session
tk. 6Little Boy Blue 45 · 45-1798, BLP 4048
tk. 14"Bo" 45 · 45-1799, BLP 4048
tk. 16My Girl Shirl BLP 4048
–Between The Devil And The Deep Blue SeaRejected at the session
6 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.

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4026FuegoDonald Byrd1960Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries

3 of them 3 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4060At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1Donald Byrd1961Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries
BLP 4061At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2Donald Byrd1963Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries
BLP 4124A New PerspectiveDonald Byrd1964Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries

2 of them 17 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4191Wahoo!Duke Pearson1966+Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson
PRLP 7035Lights Out!The Jackie McLean Quintet With Donald Byrd And Elmo Hope1956Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 70484, 5 And 6Jackie McLean1956Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 7060Hi Fi Jam SessionGene Ammons All Stars1956Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 7061Mobleys MessageHank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet1956Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 70622 TrumpetsFarmer/Byrd1956Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 7117Taylor's WailersArt Taylor's All Stars1957Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
PRLP 71192 GuitarsKenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney With Byrd, McLean, Waldron, Watkins, Taylor1957Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4007Off To The RacesDonald Byrd1959Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4013New SoilJackie McLean1959Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4018Davis CupWalter Davis Jr.1960Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4022ProfileDuke Pearson1960Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries
BLP 4035Tender Feelin'sDuke Pearson1961Duke Pearson, Lex Humphries
BLP 4051Jackie's BagJackie McLean1961Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4075The Cat WalkDonald Byrd1962Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson
PR 7306Biggest Soul HitsGene Ammons1964Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
BLP 4188I'm Tryin' To Get HomeDonald Byrd1965Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson