Blue Note session · in the studio
January 8, 1963
Kenny Burrell Quintet
In the room
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Stanley Turrentine – tenor sax- Major Holley Jr. – bass
- Bill English – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
The takes
2 of these 9 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. 10 | Kenny's Sound | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46399 2 |
| tk. 14 | Saturday Night Blues | BLP 4123 |
| tk. 16 | Wavy Gravy | 45 · 45-1886, BLP 4123 |
| tk. 23 | Chittlins Con Carne | 45 · 45-1885, BLP 4123 |
| tk. 28 | Mule | BLP 4123 |
| tk. 31 | Midnight Blue | BLP 4123 |
| tk. 35 | K Twist | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46399 2 |
| tk. 44 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You | BLP 4123 |
| tk. 49 | Soul Lament | BLP 4123 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PR 7315 | Soul Call | Kenny Burrell | 1964 | Kenny Burrell, Bill English, Ray Barretto |
