Blue Note session · in the studio
April 26, 1962
Grant Green Sextet
In the room
- Grant Green – guitar
- Garvin Masseaux – chekere
- John Acea – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
Willie Bobo – drums- Carlos Patato Valdes – conga
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. 2 | Mambo Inn | BLP 4111 |
| tk. 4 | My Little Suede Shoes | BLP 4111 |
| tk. 7 | Brazil | BLP 4111 |
| tk. 11 | Besame Mucho | BLP 4111 |
| tk. 14 | Blues For Juanita | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37645 2 5 |
| tk. 15 | Tico Tico | BLP 4111 |
| tk. 16 | Mama Inez | BLP 4111 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4114 | Bossa Nova Soul Samba | Ike Quebec | 1962 | Garvin Masseaux, Wendell Marshall, Willie Bobo | |
| BLP 4121 | Elder Don | Don Wilkerson | 1963 | Grant Green, John Acea, Willie Bobo |
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1554 | Orgy in Rhythm Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1957 | Wendell Marshall, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| BLP 1555 | Orgy in Rhythm Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1957 | Wendell Marshall, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| LP 1383 | Richard Rodgers' No Strings: An After-Theatre Version | LaVern Baker, Chris Connor, Herbie Mann, Bobby Short | 1962 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| LP 1384 | Right Now | Herbie Mann | 1962 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| LP 1413 | Live At Newport | Herbie Mann | 1963 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| BLP 4119 | Bossa Nova Bacchanal | Charlie Rouse | 1963 | Garvin Masseaux, Willie Bobo | |
| BLP 4132 | Feelin' The Spirit | Grant Green | 1963 | Grant Green, Garvin Masseaux | |
| LP 1433 | My Kinda Groove | Herbie Mann | 1965 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| CL 2388 | Latin Mann - Afro To Bossa To Blues | Herbie Mann | 1965 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| LP 1464 | Our Mann Flute | Herbie Mann | 1966 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| V-8648 | Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 | Willie Bobo | 1966 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes | |
| LP 1483 | The Beat Goes On | Herbie Mann | 1967 | Willie Bobo, Carlos Patato Valdes |
