Blue Note session · in the studio
May 22, 1961
Baby Face Willette Trio
In the room
- 'Baby Face' Willette – organ · as Baby Face Willette
- Grant Green – guitar
- Ben Dixon – drums
The takes
1 of these 8 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. 4 | Jumpin' Jupiter | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 7 | Work Song | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 8 | Stop And Listen | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 11 | Chances Are Few | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 12 | Soul Walk | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 15 | At Last | BLP 4084 |
| tk. 16 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28998 2 2 |
| tk. 18 | Willow Weep For Me | BLP 4084 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4064 | Grant's First Stand | Grant Green | 1961 | 'Baby Face' Willette, Grant Green, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4068 | Face To Face | "Baby Face" Willette | 1961 | 'Baby Face' Willette, Grant Green, Ben Dixon |
