Blue Note session · in the studio
October 22, 1965
The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson
In the room
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Horace Silver – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass- Roger Humphries – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1673 · tk. 7 | Nutville | BLP 4220 |
| 1674 · tk. 15 | Bonita | BLP 4220 |
| 1675 · tk. 22 | Mo' Joe | BLP 4220 |
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 4185 | Song For My Father | Horace Silver | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Horace Silver, Roger Humphries |
 | BLP 4250 | The Jody Grind | Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet | 1967 | Woody Shaw, Horace Silver, Roger Humphries |
