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Blue Note session · in the studio

August 21, 1964

Anthony Williams Quartet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
1417 · tk. 5Two Pieces Of One: GreenBLP 4180
1418 · tk. 7Two Pieces Of One: RedBLP 4180
1419 · tk. 9Tomorrow AfternoonBLP 4180
3 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4216SpringAnthony Williams1966Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Gary Peacock

2 of them 6 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
V-8838Gil Evans Orchestra · not on the site yetGil Evans Orchestra1963Gary Peacock, Richard Davis
BLP 4163Out To Lunch!Eric Dolphy1964Tony Williams, Richard Davis
V-8555The Individualism Of Gil EvansGil Evans Orchestra1964Gary Peacock, Richard Davis
BLP 4167Point Of DepartureAndrew Hill1965Tony Williams, Richard Davis
BLP 4184Fuchsia Swing SongSam Rivers1965Tony Williams, Sam Rivers
BLP 4198DialogueBobby Hutcherson1965Sam Rivers, Richard Davis