Blue Note session · in the studio
July 18, 1963
Johnny Coles Sextet
In the room
- Johnny Coles – trumpet
- Leo Wright – alto sax, flute
Joe Henderson – tenor sax- Duke Pearson – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Walter Perkins – drums
The takes
1 of these 4 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 | Little Johnny C | BLP 4144 |
| tk. 12 | Hobo Joe | BLP 4144 |
| tk. 21 | Jano | BLP 4144 |
| – | So Sweet My Little Girl | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4154 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4191 | Wahoo! | Duke Pearson | 1966+ | Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
