Blue Note session · in the studio
November 23, 1966
Horace Silver Sextet
In the room
Horace Silver – piano
Woody Shaw – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute- Tyrone Washington – tenor sax
- Larry Ridley – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 · tk. 25 | Mary Lou | BLP 4250 |
| 1795 · tk. 31 | Blues Silver | BLP 4250 |
| 1796 · tk. 33 | Grease Piece | BLP 4250 |
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 4220 | The Cape Verdean Blues | The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson | 1965 | Horace Silver, Woody Shaw, Roger Humphries | |
| BLP 4274 | Natural Essence | Tyrone Washington | 1968 | Woody Shaw, James Spaulding, Tyrone Washington |
2 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4185 | Song For My Father | Horace Silver | 1964 | Horace Silver, Roger Humphries | |
| BLP 4207 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 1 | Freddie Hubbard | 1965 | James Spaulding, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4208 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 2 | Freddie Hubbard | 1966 | James Spaulding, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4196 | Blue Spirits | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | James Spaulding, Larry Ridley |
