Blue Note session · in the studio
June 18, 1961
Horace Parlan Quintet
In the room
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Booker Ervin – tenor sax
- Grant Green – guitar
- George Tucker – bass
- Al Harewood – drums
The takes
1 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. 4 | Light Blue | BLP 4082 |
| tk. 8 | Up And Down | BLP 4082 |
| tk. 10 | The Book's Beat | BLP 4082 |
| tk. 14 | Fugee (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ8-197 |
| tk. 15 | Fugee | BLP 4082 |
| tk. 16 | Lonely One | BLP 4082 |
| tk. 18 | The Other Part Of Town | BLP 4082 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4069 | Up At "Minton's" Vol. 1 | Stanley Turrentine | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Grant Green, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| CJM 8014 | That's It! | Booker Ervin | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4070 | Up At "Minton's" Vol. 2 | Stanley Turrentine | 1962 | Horace Parlan, Grant Green, George Tucker, Al Harewood |
3 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4039 | Look Out! | Stanley Turrentine | 1960 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4043 | Speakin' My Piece | Horace Parlan Quintet | 1960 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4037 | Us Three | Horace Parlan | 1961 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4074 | On The Spur Of The Moment | Horace Parlan | 1961 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4077 | Doin' Allright | Dexter Gordon | 1961 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| MG 12154 | Cookin' | Booker Ervin Quintet | 1961 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin, George Tucker | |
| MG 12161 | Soul | The Voice Of Barbara Long | 1961 | Booker Ervin, George Tucker, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4062 | Headin' South | Horace Parlan | 1962 | Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood |
2 of them 14 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 1370 | Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus | 1959 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin | |
| LP 1305 | Blues & Roots | Charlie Mingus | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin | |
| BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4028 | Movin' And Groovin' | Horace Parlan | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BLP 4036 | Sunny Side Up | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Horace Parlan, Al Harewood | |
| BCP-6048 | The Book Cooks | "The Book" Booker Ervin | 1961 | Booker Ervin, George Tucker | |
| JLP 59 | The Mode | Sonny Red | 1962 | Grant Green, George Tucker | |
| JLP 74 | Images | Sonny Red | 1962 | Grant Green, George Tucker | |
| BLP 4086 | Grantstand | Grant Green | 1962 | Grant Green, Al Harewood | |
| BCP-6065 | Golden Jazz Instrumentals | Various Artists | 1962 | Booker Ervin, George Tucker | |
| PRLP 7293 | Exultation! | Booker Ervin | 1963 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin | |
| PR 7298 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies | Various Artists | 1963 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin | |
| PR 7844 | Booker Ervin Quintet · not on the site yet | Booker Ervin Quintet | 1963 | Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin | |
| BLP 4154 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | 1965 | Grant Green, Al Harewood |
