Blue Note session · in the studio
May 9, 1962
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
- Grant Green – guitar
- John Patton – organ
- Ben Dixon – 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. 4 | Spaceman Twist | 45 · 45-1895, BLP 4108 |
| tk. 8 | People Will Say We're In Love | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84108 2 |
| tk. 13 | That's All | BLP 4108 |
| tk. 15 | Funky Mama | 45 · 45-1868, BLP 4108 |
| tk. 19 | Love Walked In | BLP 4108 |
| tk. 20 | Sow Belly Blues | BLP 4108 |
| tk. 23 | Nice 'N' Greasy | BLP 4108 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LP-724 | Signifyin' | Lou Donaldson | 1963 | Lou Donaldson, Tommy Turrentine, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4125 | Good Gracious! | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
3 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4130 | Along Came John | John Patton | 1963 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | LP-734 | Possum Head | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | Lou Donaldson, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4138 | Steppin' Out! | Harold Vick | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4139 | Am I Blue | Grant Green | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4174 | The Way I Feel | 'Big' John Patton | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | LP-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4145 | Shoutin' | Don Wilkerson | 1965 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | BLP 4192 | Oh Baby! | Big John Patton | 1965 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
 | PR 7474 | Laughing Soul | George Braith | 1966 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
