Blue Note session · in the studio
March 31, 1965
Grant Green Quartet
In the room
- Grant Green – guitar
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Larry Young – organ
Elvin Jones – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1550 · tk. 2 | Corcovado (aka Quiet Nights) | 45 · 45-1919, BLP 4202 |
| 1551 · tk. 4 | At Long Last Love | BLP 4202 |
| 1552 · tk. 10 | Speak Low | BLP 4202 |
| 1553 · tk. 11 | This Could Be The Start Of Something Big | BLP 4202 |
| 1554 · tk. 16 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | 45 · 45-1919, BLP 4202 |
| 1555 · tk. 21 | Stella By Starlight | BLP 4202 |
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 | Grant Green, Larry Young, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4187 | Into Somethin' | Larry Young | 1965 | Grant Green, Larry Young, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4253 | Street Of Dreams | Grant Green | 1967 | Grant Green, Larry Young, Elvin Jones |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4431 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1961 | Grant Green, Hank Mobley | |
| BLP 4080 | Workout | Hank Mobley | 1962 | Grant Green, Hank Mobley | |
| BLP 4126 | My Point Of View | Herbie Hancock | 1963 | Grant Green, Hank Mobley | |
| LP 1428 | Together! | Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones | 1964 | Hank Mobley, Elvin Jones | |
| V-8627 | His Majesty King Funk | Grant Green | 1965 | Grant Green, Larry Young | |
| BLP 4221 | Unity | Larry Young | 1966 | Larry Young, Elvin Jones | |
| LP 1485 | Midnight Walk | Elvin Jones | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Elvin Jones |
