Blue Note session · in the studio
April 1, 1961
Grant Green Trio
In the room
- Grant Green – guitar
- Ben Tucker – bass
- Dave Bailey – drums
The takes
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Green With Envy | BLP 4071 |
| tk. 3 | Green With Envy (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32088 2 1 |
| tk. 7 | Grant's Dimensions | BLP 4071 |
| tk. 9 | Alone Together (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32088 2 1 |
| tk. 10 | Alone Together | BLP 4071 |
| tk. 16 | 'Round Midnight | BLP 4071 |
| tk. 24 | Number One Green Street | BLP 4071 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4066 | Here 'Tis | Lou Donaldson | 1961 | Grant Green, Dave Bailey |
 | CL 1932 | Jeru | Gerry Mulligan | 1962 | Ben Tucker, Dave Bailey |
 | BLP 4079 | Gravy Train | Lou Donaldson | 1962 | Ben Tucker, Dave Bailey |
 | BLP 4099 | Sunday Mornin' | Grant Green | 1962 | Grant Green, Ben Tucker |
 | RLP 441 | That's How I Love The Blues! | Mark Murphy | 1963 | Ben Tucker, Dave Bailey |
 | LP 3349 | Bossa Nova | Bola Sete | 1963 | Ben Tucker, Dave Bailey |
 | V-8543 | Samba Para Dos | Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer | 1963 | Ben Tucker, Dave Bailey |