Blue Note session · in the studio
July 18, 1944
Ike Quebec Quintet
In the room
- Ike Quebec – tenor sax
Tiny Grimes – guitar- Roger Ramirez – piano
Milt Hinton – bass · as Milton Hinton
J.C. Heard – drums
The takes
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN985-1 | Tiny's Exercise | 78 · 37 |
| BN985-2 | Tiny's Exercise (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note B-6507 |
| BN986-0 | She's Funny That Way | 78 · 38, BLP 5001 |
| BN987-0 | Indiana (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note B-6507 |
| BN988-0 | Blue Harlem (alternate take) | 78 · 544 |
| BN988-1 | Blue Harlem | 78 · 37, 45 · 45-1634, BLP 5001 |
| BN987-2 | Indiana | 78 · 38 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5027 | Swing Hi-Swing Lo | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, Tiny Grimes, Roger Ramirez, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 9013 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 2 | Various Artists | 1952 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | MG 9021 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 3 | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7604 | Jonah Jones And His Orchestra · not on the site yet | Jonah Jones And His Orchestra | 1946 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton | |
 | MG-36017 | Trumpet Interlude | Various Artists | 1955 | Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36018 | Alto Altitude | Various Artists | 1955 | Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36023 | Battle Of The Saxes | Various Artists | 1955 | Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36038 | Boning Up The 'Bones | Various Artists | 1955 | Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36049 | Volume II-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: The Piano Players | Various Artists | 1956 | Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard |
 | BLP 4093 | Heavy Soul | Ike Quebec | 1962 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |
 | BLP 4105 | It Might As Well Be Spring | Ike Quebec | 1964 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |