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Blue Note session · in the studio

January 23, 1961

Lou Donaldson Quartet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 1Watusi Jump 45 · 45-1808, BLP 4066
tk. 4Here 'Tis 45 · 45-1807, BLP 4066
tk. 12Cool Blues BLP 4066
tk. 13Walk With MeBLP 4066
tk. 16A Foggy Day BLP 4066
tk. 17Untitled Donaldson BluesRejected 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.

2 of them 11 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1566Swing and SoulLou Donaldson1957Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey
BLP 1593Blues WalkLou Donaldson1958Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey
BLP 4025The Time Is RightLou Donaldson1960Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey
BLP 4064Grant's First StandGrant Green1961Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette
BLP 4068Face To Face"Baby Face" Willette1961Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette
BLP 4071Green StreetGrant Green1961Grant Green, Dave Bailey
BLP 4079Gravy TrainLou Donaldson1962Lou Donaldson, Dave Bailey
BLP 4084Stop And ListenBaby Face Willette1962Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette
BLP 4108The Natural SoulLou Donaldson1963Lou Donaldson, Grant Green
BLP 4125Good Gracious!Lou Donaldson1964Lou Donaldson, Grant Green
LP-759Musty RustyLou Donaldson1965Lou Donaldson, Grant Green