Blue Note session · in the studio
November 4, 1963
Grant Green Sextet
In the room
- Grant Green – guitar
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes- Duke Pearson – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass- Al Harewood – drums
The takes
2 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. 11 | Jean De Fleur (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84154 2 |
| tk. 14 | Idle Moments | BLP 4154 |
| tk. 28 | Nomad | BLP 4154 |
| tk. 32 | Django (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84154 2 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4144 | Little Johnny C | Johnny Coles | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4188 | I'm Tryin' To Get Home | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Grant Green, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4191 | Wahoo! | Duke Pearson | 1966+ | Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4240 | Rough 'N Tumble | Stanley Turrentine | 1966 | Grant Green, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw |
