Blue Note session · in the studio
January 23, 1961
Lou Donaldson Quartet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Grant Green – guitar
- 'Baby Face' Willette – organ
- Dave Bailey – drums
The takes
1 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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 1 | Watusi Jump | 45 · 45-1808, BLP 4066 |
| tk. 4 | Here 'Tis | 45 · 45-1807, BLP 4066 |
| tk. 12 | Cool Blues | BLP 4066 |
| tk. 13 | Walk With Me | BLP 4066 |
| tk. 16 | A Foggy Day | BLP 4066 |
| tk. 17 | Untitled Donaldson Blues | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1566 | Swing and Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey | |
| BLP 1593 | Blues Walk | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey | |
| BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey | |
| BLP 4064 | Grant's First Stand | Grant Green | 1961 | Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette | |
| BLP 4068 | Face To Face | "Baby Face" Willette | 1961 | Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette | |
| BLP 4071 | Green Street | Grant Green | 1961 | Grant Green, Dave Bailey | |
| BLP 4079 | Gravy Train | Lou Donaldson | 1962 | Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey | |
| BLP 4084 | Stop And Listen | Baby Face Willette | 1962 | Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette | |
| BLP 4108 | The Natural Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1963 | Lou Donaldson, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4125 | Good Gracious! | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | Lou Donaldson, Grant Green | |
| LP-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Lou Donaldson, Grant Green |
