Blue Note session · in the studio
May 27, 1963
Harold Vick Quintet
In the room
Harold Vick – tenor sax- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Grant Green – guitar
- John Patton – organ
- Ben Dixon – 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. 5 | Trimmed In Blue | BLP 4138 |
| tk. 7 | Vicksville | 45 · 45-1897, BLP 4138 |
| tk. 12 | Steppin' Out | BLP 4138 |
| tk. 14 | Our Miss Brooks | BLP 4138 |
| tk. 15 | Our Miss Brooks (short version) | 45 · 45-1897 |
| tk. 16 | Dotty's Dream | BLP 4138 |
| tk. 17 | Laura | BLP 4138 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4192 | Oh Baby! | Big John Patton | 1965 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4130 | Along Came John | John Patton | 1963 | Harold Vick, Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon |
3 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4108 | The Natural Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1963 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4125 | Good Gracious! | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4139 | Am I Blue | Grant Green | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4174 | The Way I Feel | 'Big' John Patton | 1964 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4145 | Shoutin' | Don Wilkerson | 1965 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| V-8627 | His Majesty King Funk | Grant Green | 1965 | Harold Vick, Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| PR 7474 | Laughing Soul | George Braith | 1966 | Grant Green, John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| PR 7481 | Brother Jack McDuff's Greatest Hits | Jack McDuff Quartet | 1967 | Harold Vick, Grant Green, Ben Dixon |
2 of them 21 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4064 | Grant's First Stand | Grant Green | 1961 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4068 | Face To Face | "Baby Face" Willette | 1961 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| PRLP 7199 | The Honeydripper | Jack McDuff | 1961 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| PR 7666 | Jack McDuff Quartet · not on the site yet | Jack McDuff Quartet | 1961 | Harold Vick, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4084 | Stop And Listen | Baby Face Willette | 1962 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4099 | Sunday Mornin' | Grant Green | 1962 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| PRLP 7220 | Goodnight, It's Time To Go | Jack McDuff | 1962 | Harold Vick, Grant Green | |
| LP-724 | Signifyin' | Lou Donaldson | 1963 | John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| PR 7791 | Brother Jack McDuff · not on the site yet | Brother Jack McDuff | 1963 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell | |
| LP-734 | Possum Head | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | John Patton, Ben Dixon | |
| LP-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| V-8630 | Wings & Things | Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis | 1965 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon | |
| BLP 4229 | Got A Good Thing Goin' | Big John Patton | 1966 | Grant Green, John Patton | |
| BLP 4240 | Rough 'N Tumble | Stanley Turrentine | 1966 | Blue Mitchell, Grant Green | |
| PR 7485 | Misty | Richard "Groove" Holmes | 1966 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell | |
| PR 7700 | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yet | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet | 1966 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell | |
| PR 7741 | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yet | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet | 1966 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell | |
| PR 7768 | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet · not on the site yet | Richard "Groove" Holmes Quintet | 1966 | Harold Vick, Blue Mitchell | |
| LP 1494 | The Grass Is Greener | Grassella Oliphant | 1967 | Grant Green, John Patton | |
| BLP 4239 | Let 'Em Roll | Big John Patton | 1967 | Grant Green, John Patton | |
| PR 7596 | Brother Jack McDuff Plays For Beautiful People | Jack McDuff Quartet | 1968 | Grant Green, Ben Dixon |
