Blue Note session · in the studio
June 20, 1952
Lou Donaldson Quartet
In the room
- Lou Donaldson – alto sax
- Horace Silver – piano
- Gene Ramey – bass
- Arthur Taylor – drums
The takes
3 of these 7 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN440-0 · tk. 1 | Roccus (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81537 2 |
| BN440-1 · tk. 2 | Roccus | 78 · 1598, BLP 5021, BLP 1537 |
| BN442-2 · tk. 7 | Cheek To Cheek (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81537 2 |
| BN443-0 · tk. 8 | Lou's Blues (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81537 2 |
| BN443-1 · tk. 9 | Lou's Blues | 78 · 1599, BLP 5021, BLP 1537 |
| BN442-4 · tk. 11 | Cheek To Cheek | 78 · 1598, BLP 5021, BLP 1537 |
| BN441-2 · tk. 12 | Things We Did Last Summer | 78 · 1599, BLP 5021 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5018 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Horace Silver | 1953 | Horace Silver, Gene Ramey |
 | BLP 5021 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson | 1953 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 5037 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 5038 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 5039 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1520 | Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu | Horace Silver | 1956 | Horace Silver, Gene Ramey |
 | BLP 1521 | A Night at Birdland Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1522 | A Night at Birdland Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver |