Blue Note session · in the studio
March 11, 1963
Freddie Roach Quartet
In the room
- Freddie Roach – organ
- Conrad Lester – tenor sax
- Eddie Wright – guitar
- Clarence Johnston – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 7 | Googa Mooga | 45 · 45-1890, BLP 4128 |
| tk. 10 | Two Different Worlds | BLP 4128 |
| tk. 17 | Mo' Greens Please | 45 · 45-1891, BLP 4128 |
| tk. 27 | Nada Bossa | 45 · 45-1892, BLP 4128 |
| tk. 30 | Unchained Melody | BLP 4128 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4158 | Good Move | Freddie Roach | 1964 | Freddie Roach, Eddie Wright, Clarence Johnston | |
| BLP 4168 | Brown Sugar | Freddie Roach | 1964 | Freddie Roach, Eddie Wright, Clarence Johnston | |
| BLP 4190 | All That's Good | Freddie Roach | 1965 | Freddie Roach, Conrad Lester, Clarence Johnston | |
| PR 7521 | My People (Soul People) | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Freddie Roach, Conrad Lester, Eddie Wright |
2 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4113 | Down To Earth | Freddie Roach | 1962 | Freddie Roach, Clarence Johnston |
