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Blue Note session · in the studio

June 18, 1961

Horace Parlan Quintet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 4Light BlueBLP 4082
tk. 8Up And DownBLP 4082
tk. 10The Book's BeatBLP 4082
tk. 14Fugee (alternate take)Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ8-197
tk. 15FugeeBLP 4082
tk. 16Lonely OneBLP 4082
tk. 18The Other Part Of TownBLP 4082
7 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.

4 of them 3 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4069Up At "Minton's" Vol. 1Stanley Turrentine1961Horace Parlan, Grant Green, George Tucker, Al Harewood
CJM 8014That's It!Booker Ervin1961Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4070Up At "Minton's" Vol. 2Stanley Turrentine1962Horace Parlan, Grant Green, George Tucker, Al Harewood

3 of them 8 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4039Look Out!Stanley Turrentine1960Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4043Speakin' My PieceHorace Parlan Quintet1960Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4037Us ThreeHorace Parlan1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4074On The Spur Of The MomentHorace Parlan1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4077Doin' AllrightDexter Gordon1961Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood
MG 12154Cookin'Booker Ervin Quintet1961Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin, George Tucker
MG 12161SoulThe Voice Of Barbara Long1961Booker Ervin, George Tucker, Al Harewood
BLP 4062Headin' SouthHorace Parlan1962Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood

2 of them 14 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
CL 1370Mingus Ah UmCharles Mingus1959Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin
LP 1305Blues & RootsCharlie Mingus1960Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin
BLP 4025The Time Is RightLou Donaldson1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
BLP 4028Movin' And Groovin'Horace Parlan1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
BLP 4036Sunny Side UpLou Donaldson1960Horace Parlan, Al Harewood
BCP-6048The Book Cooks"The Book" Booker Ervin1961Booker Ervin, George Tucker
JLP 59The ModeSonny Red1962Grant Green, George Tucker
JLP 74ImagesSonny Red1962Grant Green, George Tucker
BLP 4086GrantstandGrant Green1962Grant Green, Al Harewood
BCP-6065Golden Jazz InstrumentalsVarious Artists1962Booker Ervin, George Tucker
PRLP 7293Exultation!Booker Ervin1963Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin
PR 7298Prestige/Groovy GoodiesVarious Artists1963Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin
PR 7844Booker Ervin Quintet · not on the site yetBooker Ervin Quintet1963Horace Parlan, Booker Ervin
BLP 4154Idle MomentsGrant Green1965Grant Green, Al Harewood