Blue Note session · in the studio
December 11, 1965
Big John Patton Quartet
In the room
- John Patton – organ
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes- Grant Green – guitar
- Otis Finch – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1693 · tk. 2 | The Shadow Of Your Smile | BLP 4239 |
| 1694 · tk. 5 | The Turnaround | BLP 4239 |
| 1695 · tk. 14 | Latona | BLP 4239 |
| 1696 · tk. 21 | Jakey | BLP 4239 |
| 1697 · tk. 25 | Let 'Em Roll | BLP 4239 |
| 1698 · tk. 28 | One Step Ahead | BLP 4239 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 14 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP-718 | Having A Ball | Al Grey | 1963 | Bobby Hutcherson, Otis Finch | |
| BLP 4108 | The Natural Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1963 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4130 | Along Came John | John Patton | 1963 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4125 | Good Gracious! | Lou Donaldson | 1964 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4138 | Steppin' Out! | Harold Vick | 1964 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4139 | Am I Blue | Grant Green | 1964 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4174 | The Way I Feel | 'Big' John Patton | 1964 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4145 | Shoutin' | Don Wilkerson | 1965 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4154 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | 1965 | Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4192 | Oh Baby! | Big John Patton | 1965 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4229 | Got A Good Thing Goin' | Big John Patton | 1966 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| PR 7474 | Laughing Soul | George Braith | 1966 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| LP 1494 | The Grass Is Greener | Grassella Oliphant | 1967 | John Patton, Grant Green | |
| BLP 4253 | Street Of Dreams | Grant Green | 1967 | Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green |
