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Blue Note session · in the studio

June 18, 1962

Don Wilkerson Sextet

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. 3Jeanie-WeenieBLP 4107
tk. 4Pigeon PeasBLP 4107
tk. 6The Eldorado ShuffleBLP 4107
tk. 8Homesick Blues45 · 45-1864, BLP 4107
tk. 9Camp Meetin'45 · 45-1864, BLP 4107
tk. 13Dem TambourinesBLP 4107
6 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.

3 of them 5 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4089A Fickle SonanceJackie McLean1962Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4091Leapin' And Lopin'Sonny Clark1962Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4112Go!Dexter Gordon1962Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4132Feelin' The SpiritGrant Green1963Grant Green, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4133A Swingin' AffairDexter Gordon1964Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins

2 of them 10 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
RLP 332The Texas TwisterDon Wilkerson1960Don Wilkerson, Billy Higgins
BLP 4432Grant Green Quartet + Ike Quebec · not on the site yetGrant Green Quartet + Ike Quebec1961Grant Green, Sonny Clark
BLP 4101Royal FlushDonald Byrd1962Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4109Takin' OffHerbie Hancock1962Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4310Grant Green Quartet · not on the site yetGrant Green Quartet1962Grant Green, Billy Higgins
BLP 4098Blue & SentimentalIke Quebec1963Grant Green, Sonny Clark
BLP 4121Elder DonDon Wilkerson1963Don Wilkerson, Grant Green
BLP 4145Shoutin'Don Wilkerson1965Don Wilkerson, Grant Green
BLP 4118Free FormDonald Byrd1966Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4169Search For The New LandLee Morgan1966+Grant Green, Billy Higgins