Blue Note session · in the studio
December 23, 1961
Grant Green Quartet + Ike Quebec
In the room
- Ike Quebec – tenor sax
- Grant Green – guitar
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
The takes
6 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. 3 | Moon River | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
| tk. 8 | On Green Dolphin Street | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
| tk. 17 | What Is This Thing Called Love | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
| tk. 24 | Count Every Star | BLP 4098, BLP 4432 |
| tk. 25 | Shadrack | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
| tk. 26 | Gooden's Corner | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
| tk. 27 | Two For One | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3058 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4432 | Grant Green Quintet · not on the site yet | Grant Green Quintet | 1962 | Ike Quebec, Grant Green, Sonny Clark, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes |
