Blue Note session · in the studio
October 27, 1967
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Jimmy Ponder – guitar
- Lonnie Smith – organ
Leo Morris – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 · tk. 2 | Ode To Billie Joe | BLP 4271 |
| 1972 · tk. 10 | Peepin' | 45 · 45-1937, BLP 4271 |
| 1973 · tk. 16 | The Kid | BLP 4271 |
| 1974 · tk. 17 | The Shadow Of Your Smile | BLP 4271 |
| 1975 · tk. 18 | The Humpback | 45 · 45-1937, BLP 4271 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4263 | Alligator Bogaloo | Lou Donaldson | 1967 | Lou Donaldson, Lonnie Smith, Leo Morris |
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 5021 | New Faces-New Sounds | Lou Donaldson | 1953 | Lou Donaldson, Blue Mitchell | |
| BLP 1537 | Quartet/Quintet/Sextet | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Blue Mitchell | |
| BLP 4025 | The Time Is Right | Lou Donaldson | 1960 | Lou Donaldson, Blue Mitchell | |
| LP-789 | Blowin' In The Wind | Lou Donaldson | 1967 | Lou Donaldson, Leo Morris | |
| CL 2696 | Finger-Lickin' Good Soul Organ | Lonnie Smith | 1967 | Blue Mitchell, Lonnie Smith |
