Blue Note session · in the studio
April 25, 1963
Solomon Ilori & His Afro-Drum Ensemble
In the room
- Solomon Ilori – vocal, penny whistle, talking drum, guitar
- Hosea Taylor – alto sax
Jay Berliner – guitar- Coleridge Perkinson – director
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
- Josian Ilori – sakara drums, cowbell
- Chief Bey – conga
- Montego Joe – conga
- Garvin Masseaux – conga, xylophone, cowbell
- Robert Crowder – conga, chekere, cowbell
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. 8 | Yaba E (Farewell) | 45 · 45-1899, BLP 4136 |
| tk. 15 | Ise Oluwa (God's Work Is Indestructible) | BLP 4136 |
| tk. 17 | Jojolo (Look At This Beautiful Girl) | 45 · 45-1900, BLP 4136 |
| tk. 25 | Follow Me To Africa | 45 · 45-1900, BLP 4136 |
| tk. 32 | Aiye Le (The Troubled World) | BLP 4136 |
| tk. 43 | Tolani (African Love Song) | BLP 4136 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
6 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4097 | The African Beat | Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble | 1962 | Solomon Ilori, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey, Montego Joe, Garvin Masseaux, Robert Crowder |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | NJLP 8282 | Sounds Of Africa | Ahmed Abdul-Malik | 1963 | Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey, Montego Joe |
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 1634 | Zungo! Afro-Percussion | Olatunji And His Percussion, Brass, Woodwind, And Choir | 1961 | Chief Bey, Montego Joe |
 | LP 1380 | Herbie Mann At The Village Gate | Herbie Mann Sextet + | 1962 | Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey |
 | LP 1407 | Returns To The Village Gate | Herbie Mann | 1963 | Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Chief Bey |
 | PR 7336 | !Arriba! Con Montego Joe | Montego Joe | 1964 | Montego Joe, Robert Crowder |
 | LM-82033 | Slightly Latin | Roland Kirk | 1966 | Coleridge Perkinson, Montego Joe |