Blue Note session · in the studio
December 16, 1963
George Braith Quartet
In the room
- George Braith – tenor, soprano sax, stritch
- Grant Green – guitar
- Billy Gardner – organ
- Hugh Walker – 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. 10 | The Man I Love | BLP 4161 |
| tk. 15 | Boop Bop Bing Bash | BLP 4161 |
| tk. 19 | Billy Told | BLP 4161 |
| tk. 23 | Outside Around The Corner | BLP 4161 |
| tk. 26 | Soul Stream | BLP 4161 |
| tk. 39 | Jo Anne | BLP 4161 |
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 4148 | Two Souls In One | George Braith | 1963 | George Braith, Grant Green, Billy Gardner | |
| BLP 4171 | Extension | George Braith | 1967 | George Braith, Grant Green, Billy Gardner |
2 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Grant Green, Billy Gardner | |
| BLP 4229 | Got A Good Thing Goin' | Big John Patton | 1966 | Grant Green, Hugh Walker | |
| PR 7474 | Laughing Soul | George Braith | 1966 | George Braith, Grant Green |
