Blue Note session · in the studio
August 21, 1964
Anthony Williams Quartet
In the room
Tony Williams – drums · as Anthony Williams
Sam Rivers – tenor sax
Gary Peacock – bass
Richard Davis – bass
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1417 · tk. 5 | Two Pieces Of One: Green | BLP 4180 |
| 1418 · tk. 7 | Two Pieces Of One: Red | BLP 4180 |
| 1419 · tk. 9 | Tomorrow Afternoon | BLP 4180 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4216 | Spring | Anthony Williams | 1966 | Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Gary Peacock |
2 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-8838 | Gil Evans Orchestra · not on the site yet | Gil Evans Orchestra | 1963 | Gary Peacock, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4163 | Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | Tony Williams, Richard Davis | |
| V-8555 | The Individualism Of Gil Evans | Gil Evans Orchestra | 1964 | Gary Peacock, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Tony Williams, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4184 | Fuchsia Swing Song | Sam Rivers | 1965 | Tony Williams, Sam Rivers | |
| BLP 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Sam Rivers, Richard Davis |
