Blue Note session · in the studio
November 12, 1964
Larry Young Quartet
In the room
- Larry Young – organ
Sam Rivers – tenor sax- Grant Green – guitar
Elvin Jones – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1464 · tk. 3 | Plaza De Toros | BLP 4187 |
| 1465 · tk. 5 | Tyrone | BLP 4187 |
| 1466 · tk. 9 | Backup | BLP 4187 |
| 1467 · tk. 10 | Paris Eyes | BLP 4187 |
| tk. 20 | Ritha (quartet version) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21734 2 7 |
| 1468 · tk. 23 | Ritha | BLP 4187 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4183 | Talkin' About! | Grant Green | 1965 | Larry Young, Grant Green, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4202 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | Grant Green | 1966+ | Larry Young, Grant Green, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4253 | Street Of Dreams | Grant Green | 1967 | Larry Young, Grant Green, Elvin Jones |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-8627 | His Majesty King Funk | Grant Green | 1965 | Larry Young, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4221 | Unity | Larry Young | 1966 | Larry Young, Elvin Jones |
