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Blue Note session · in the studio

November 21, 1964

Duke Pearson Sextet

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
1475 · tk. 3AmandaBLP 4191
1476 · tk. 6E.S.P. (Extrasensory Perception)BLP 4191
1477 · tk. 12BedouinBLP 4191
1478 · tk. 15WahooBLP 4191
1479 · tk. 22Fly, Little Bird, FlyBLP 4191
1480 · tk. 28Farewell MachelleBLP 4191
6 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.

4 of them 3 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4240Rough 'N TumbleStanley Turrentine1966Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
BLP 4252Sweet Honey BeeDuke Pearson1967Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Mickey Roker
BLP 4256The SpoilerStanley Turrentine1967Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker

3 of them 5 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4144Little Johnny CJohnny Coles1964Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4154Idle MomentsGrant Green1965Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4188I'm Tryin' To Get HomeDonald Byrd1965Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4196Blue SpiritsFreddie Hubbard1967James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4276Introducing Duke Pearson's Big BandDuke Pearson's Big Band1968Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker

2 of them 20 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4026FuegoDonald Byrd1960Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
BLP 4048Byrd In FlightDonald Byrd1961Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
BLP 4060At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1Donald Byrd1961Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
BLP 4075The Cat WalkDonald Byrd1962Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
RLP 447Junior's BluesJunior Mance Trio1963Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
RLP 458Confessin' The Blues!Billie Poole1963Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
RLP 474Little Big Horn!Nat Adderley1963Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
BLP 4061At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2Donald Byrd1963Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
A-48Live At NewportMcCoy Tyner1964Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
BLP 4124A New PerspectiveDonald Byrd1964Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd
BLP 4157The SidewinderLee Morgan1964Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4220The Cape Verdean BluesThe Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson1965Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
V-8609Up With Donald ByrdDonald Byrd Sextet1965Donald Byrd, Bob Cranshaw
LP 1460Sayin' Somethin'Nat Adderley1966Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4189Inner UrgeJoe Henderson1966Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4243Delightfulee MorganLee Morgan1967Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4257Boss HornBlue Mitchell1967Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
BLP 4267The Right TouchDuke Pearson1967Duke Pearson, James Spaulding
BLP 4268Easy WalkerStanley Turrentine1967Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker
A-9133Soul DuoShirley Scott & Clark Terry1967Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker