Blue Note session · in the studio
November 21, 1964
Duke Pearson Sextet
In the room
- Duke Pearson – piano
Donald Byrd – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Bob Cranshaw – bass- Mickey Roker – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1475 · tk. 3 | Amanda | BLP 4191 |
| 1476 · tk. 6 | E.S.P. (Extrasensory Perception) | BLP 4191 |
| 1477 · tk. 12 | Bedouin | BLP 4191 |
| 1478 · tk. 15 | Wahoo | BLP 4191 |
| 1479 · tk. 22 | Fly, Little Bird, Fly | BLP 4191 |
| 1480 · tk. 28 | Farewell Machelle | BLP 4191 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4240 | Rough 'N Tumble | Stanley Turrentine | 1966 | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker | |
| BLP 4252 | Sweet Honey Bee | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Mickey Roker | |
| BLP 4256 | The Spoiler | Stanley Turrentine | 1967 | Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker |
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4144 | Little Johnny C | Johnny Coles | 1964 | Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4154 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | 1965 | Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4188 | I'm Tryin' To Get Home | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4196 | Blue Spirits | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4276 | Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band | Duke Pearson's Big Band | 1968 | Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker |
