Blue Note session · in the studio
August 9, 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- Pete La Roca – 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. 4 | Heavy Legs | BLP 4144 |
| tk. 18 | My Secret Passion | BLP 4144 |
| tk. 22 | So Sweet My Little Girl | BLP 4144 |
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 |
