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Blue Note session · in the studio

May 23, 1963

Dexter Gordon With The Three Bosses

CBS Studios, Paris, France

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. 3Our Love Is Here To Stay BLP 4430
tk. 4Broadway BLP 4146
tk. 5Stairway To The Stars BLP 4146
tk. 1A Night In Tunisia BLP 4146
tk. 8Willow Weep For Me BLP 4146
tk. 3Scrapple From The Apple BLP 4146
tk. 2Like Someone In Love BLP 4430
All 7 takes found on Spotify

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
CL 2292A Portrait Of TheloniousBud Powell1965Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke

2 of them 18 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
PR 7824Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yetColeman Hawkins And His Orchestra1949Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
PR 7605James Moody Quartet · not on the site yetJames Moody Quartet1950Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
PR 7817Zoot Sims Quartet · not on the site yetZoot Sims Quartet1950Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
ALR 118Sidney Bechet SolosSidney Bechet And His Feetwarmers1952Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
MG 9005Fats NavarroFats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys1952Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MG 9006Sonny StittSonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys1952Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MG 9012New Sounds In Modern MusicVarious Artists1952Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MG 9014New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1Sonny Stitt1952Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MG 9016New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3Dexter Gordon1952Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell
MG 9023The Birth Of Bop Volume 2Various Artists1953Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell
MG 9025The Birth Of Bop Volume 4Various Artists1953Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell
MG 9034Bird - Diz - Bud - MaxVarious Artists1954Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MG 12011Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-KinneySonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys1955Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
PJ-1236Sidney Bechet Has Young IdeasSidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet1958Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
MG 12130Dexter Rides AgainDexter Gordon1958Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell
CL 1268Jazz TrackMiles Davis1959Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke
MGV-8301The Lonely One...Bud Powell1959Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
MGV-8378Lester Young In ParisLester Young Quintet1960Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke