Blue Note session · in the studio
January 2, 1962
Stanley Turrentine Quartet
In the room
Stanley Turrentine – tenor sax
Les McCann – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass- Otis Finch – 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. 1 | Soft Pedal Blues | 45 · 45-1846, BLP 4096 |
| tk. 6 | We'll See Yaw'll After While, Ya Heah | 45 · 45-1848, BLP 4096 |
| tk. 7 | Light Blue | BLP 4096 |
| tk. 9 | Light Blue (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84096 2 |
| tk. 11 | Dorene Don't Cry, I | BLP 4096 |
| tk. 14 | Smile, Stacey | 45 · 45-1845, BLP 4096 |
| tk. 23 | Pia | BLP 4096 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7707 | Shirley Scott - Stanley Turrentine Quartet · not on the site yet | Shirley Scott - Stanley Turrentine Quartet | 1961 | Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Lewis, Otis Finch | |
| PR 7773 | Shirley Scott - Stanley Turrentine Quartet · not on the site yet | Shirley Scott - Stanley Turrentine Quartet | 1961 | Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Lewis, Otis Finch | |
 | PJ-45 | Les McCann Ltd. In New York | Les McCann Ltd. With Guests | 1962 | Stanley Turrentine, Les McCann, Herbie Lewis |
 | PJ-100 | 24 Great Jazz Groups: On Mike! | Various Artists | 1963 | Stanley Turrentine, Les McCann, Herbie Lewis |
