Blue Note session · in the studio
January 27, 1957
Lou Donaldson Quintet
In the room
- Lou Donaldson – alto sax
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Herman Foster – piano
- Peck Morrison – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
The takes
3 of these 9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 3 | Stella By Starlight | Not issued at the time |
| tk. 4 | That Good Old Feeling | 45 · 45-1663, BLP 1545 |
| tk. 6 | Caravan | 45 · 45-1662, BLP 1545 |
| tk. 7 | L.D. Blues | 45 · 45-1663, BLP 1545 |
| tk. 9 | Old Folks | 45 · 45-1662, BLP 1545 |
| tk. 10 | There Is No Greater Love | BLP 1545 |
| tk. 11 | L.D. Blues (fast version) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD6-215 |
| tk. 12 | Move It | BLP 1545 |
| tk. 15 | Stella By Starlight | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD6-215 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1566 | Swing and Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison |
 | BLP 1591 | Lou Takes Off | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1593 | Blues Walk | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison |
| BLP 4053 | Light-Foot · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson | 1961 | Lou Donaldson, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison |
2 of them 10 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7061 | Mobleys Message | Hank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
| PRLP 7062 | 2 Trumpets | Farmer/Byrd | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor | |
 | BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd |
 | BLP 1548 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd |
 | BLP 4004 | Holiday For Skins Volume 1 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 4005 | Holiday For Skins Volume 2 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 4006 | Blues In Trinity · not on the site yet | Dizzy Reece | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 4007 | Off To The Races · not on the site yet | Donald Byrd | 1959 | Donald Byrd, Art Taylor |