Blue Note session · in the studio
March 27, 1964
George Braith Quartet
In the room
- George Braith – tenor, soprano, alto sax
- Grant Green – guitar
- Billy Gardner – organ
- Clarence Johnston – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1325 · tk. 5 | Nut City | BLP 4171 |
| 1326 · tk. 10 | Sweetville | BLP 4171 |
| 1327 · tk. 14 | Ethlyn's Love | BLP 4171 |
| 1328 · tk. 15 | Out Here | BLP 4171 |
| 1329 · tk. 31 | Extension | BLP 4171 |
| 1330 · tk. 33 | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | BLP 4171 |
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 4161 | Soul Stream | George Braith | 1964 | George Braith, Grant Green, Billy Gardner |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson | 1965 | Grant Green, Billy Gardner | |
| PR 7474 | Laughing Soul | George Braith | 1966 | George Braith, Grant Green |
