Blue Note session · in the studio
January 24, 1962
Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble
In the room
Art Blakey – drums, tympani, gong, telegraph drums
Yusef Lateef – oboe, tenor sax, flute, cowbell, thumb piano- Solomon Ilori – vocal, penny whistle, talking drum
- Montego Joe – double gong, corboro drums, log drums
Curtis Fuller – tympani- Garvin Masseaux – chekere, African maracas, conga
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
- James Ola Folami – conga
- Chief Bey – conga, telegraph drums, double gong
- Robert Crowder – conga
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 1 | Prayer By Solomon G. Ilori | BLP 4097 |
| tk. 2/4 | Ife L'Ayo (There Is Happiness In Love) | 45 · 45-1849, BLP 4097 |
| tk. 10 | Ero Ti Nr'ojeje | BLP 4097 |
| tk. 16 | The Mystery Of Love | BLP 4097 |
| tk. 17 | Ayiko Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome My Darling) | BLP 4097 |
| tk. 25 | Obirin African (Woman Of Africa) | 45 · 45-1849, BLP 4097 |
| tk. 26 | Tobi Ilu | BLP 4097 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
6 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4136 | African High Life | Solomon Ilori | 1963 | Solomon Ilori, Montego Joe, Garvin Masseaux, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey, Robert Crowder |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJLP 8282 | Sounds Of Africa | Ahmed Abdul-Malik | 1963 | Montego Joe, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey |
