Blue Note session · in the studio
May 2, 1961
Donald Byrd Quintet
In the room
Donald Byrd – trumpet- Pepper Adams – baritone sax
- Duke Pearson – piano
- Laymon Jackson – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
The takes
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 | Say You're Mine | BLP 4075 |
| tk. 5 | Hello Bright Sunflower | BLP 4075 |
| tk. 8 | Each Time I Think Of You | BLP 4075 |
| tk. 10 | Duke's Mixture | BLP 4075 |
| tk. 14 | The Cat Walk | BLP 4075 |
| tk. 15 | Cute | BLP 4075 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4060 | At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1 | Donald Byrd | 1961 | Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson |
 | BLP 4061 | At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2 | Donald Byrd | 1963 | Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 12-264 | Johnny Griffin Sextet | Johnny Griffin Sextet | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Philly Joe Jones |
 | RLP 12-284 | Saxophone Revolt | Various Artists | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams, Philly Joe Jones |
