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Blue Note session · in the studio

January 24, 1963

Lou Donaldson Quartet

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. 2The Holy GhostBLP 4125
tk. 4Good GraciousBLP 4125
tk. 5CaracasBLP 4125
tk. 10CherryBLP 4125
tk. 15Bad JohnBLP 4125
tk. 16Don't Worry 'Bout MeBLP 4125
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.

The whole band 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4108The Natural SoulLou Donaldson1963Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon

3 of them 10 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
LP-724Signifyin'Lou Donaldson1963Lou Donaldson, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4130Along Came JohnJohn Patton1963Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
LP-734Possum HeadLou Donaldson1964Lou Donaldson, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4138Steppin' Out!Harold Vick1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4139Am I BlueGrant Green1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4174The Way I Feel'Big' John Patton1964Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
LP-759Musty RustyLou Donaldson1965Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4145Shoutin'Don Wilkerson1965Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
BLP 4192Oh Baby!Big John Patton1965Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon
PR 7474Laughing SoulGeorge Braith1966Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon

2 of them 14 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4064Grant's First StandGrant Green1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4066Here 'TisLou Donaldson1961Lou Donaldson, Grant Green
BLP 4068Face To Face"Baby Face" Willette1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PRLP 7199The HoneydripperJack McDuff1961Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4084Stop And ListenBaby Face Willette1962Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4099Sunday Mornin'Grant Green1962Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4141Rockin' The BoatThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1963Lou Donaldson, John Patton
V-8627His Majesty King FunkGrant Green1965Grant Green, Ben Dixon
V-8630Wings & ThingsJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis1965Grant Green, Ben Dixon
BLP 4229Got A Good Thing Goin'Big John Patton1966Grant Green, John Patton
LP 1494The Grass Is GreenerGrassella Oliphant1967Grant Green, John Patton
BLP 4239Let 'Em RollBig John Patton1967Grant Green, John Patton
PR 7481Brother Jack McDuff's Greatest HitsJack McDuff Quartet1967Grant Green, Ben Dixon
PR 7596Brother Jack McDuff Plays For Beautiful PeopleJack McDuff Quartet1968Grant Green, Ben Dixon