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Blue Note session · in the studio

January 24, 1962

Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

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. 1Prayer By Solomon G. IloriBLP 4097
tk. 2/4Ife L'Ayo (There Is Happiness In Love)45 · 45-1849, BLP 4097
tk. 10Ero Ti Nr'ojejeBLP 4097
tk. 16The Mystery Of LoveBLP 4097
tk. 17Ayiko Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome My Darling)BLP 4097
tk. 25Obirin African (Woman Of Africa)45 · 45-1849, BLP 4097
tk. 26Tobi IluBLP 4097
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.

6 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4136African High LifeSolomon Ilori1963Solomon Ilori, Montego Joe, Garvin Masseaux, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey, Robert Crowder

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
NJLP 8282Sounds Of AfricaAhmed Abdul-Malik1963Montego Joe, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey

2 of them 21 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
MGV-8217Before DawnThe Music Of Yusef Lateef1957Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
MG 12103Jazz MoodYusef Lateef1957Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
MG 12109Jazz For The ThinkerYusef Lateef And His Men1957Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
MG 12115Stable MatesVarious Artists1957Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
MG 12125The Many Faces Of The BluesVarious Artists1958Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
NJLP 8220Groovin' With GolsonBenny Golson1959Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
RLP 337The Centaur And The PhoenixThe Big Sound Of Yusef Lateef1960Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
A-7Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers (Alamode)Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers1961Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
CL 1634Zungo! Afro-PercussionOlatunji And His Percussion, Brass, Woodwind, And Choir1961Montego Joe, Chief Bey
BLP 4090MosaicArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1961Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
RLP 438CaravanArt Blakey Jazz Messengers1962Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
LP 1380Herbie Mann At The Village GateHerbie Mann Sextet +1962Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey
RLP 464UgetsuArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers At Birdland1963Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
LP 1407Returns To The Village GateHerbie Mann1963Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey
BLP 4104Buhaina's DelightArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1963Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
PR 7336!Arriba! Con Montego JoeMontego Joe1964Montego Joe, Robert Crowder
BLP 4170Free For AllArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1965Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
LM-82001'S Make ItArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1965Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
LM-82002I/We Had A BallVarious Artists1965Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
BLP 4193IndestructibleArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers1966Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller
RLP 493KyotoArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers1967Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller