Blue Note session · in the studio
September 14, 1964
Kenny Dorham Quintet
In the room
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Richard Davis – bass- Albert Heath – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1434 · tk. 4 | The Fox | BLP 4181 |
| 1435 · tk. 6 | Night Watch | BLP 4181 |
| 1436 · tk. 10 | Trompeta Toccata | BLP 4181 |
| 1437 · tk. 11 | Mamacita | 45 · 45-1922, BLP 4181 |
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 4166 | In 'N Out | Joe Henderson | 1965 | Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis |
