Blue Note session · in the studio
September 25, 1944
Ike Quebec's Swingtet
In the room
- Ike Quebec – tenor sax
Jonah Jones – trumpet
Tyree Glenn – trombone
Tiny Grimes – guitar- Roger Ramirez – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
J.C. Heard – drums
The takes
2 of these 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN989-0 | Hard Tack | 78 · 510 |
| BN989-1 | Hard Tack (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN990-1 | If I Had You | 78 · 510, BLP 5001 |
| BN991-0 | Mad About You | 78 · 42 |
| BN992-0 | Facin' The Face (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN992-1 | Facin' The Face | 78 · 42 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5027 | Swing Hi-Swing Lo | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, Tiny Grimes, Roger Ramirez, J.C. Heard |
3 of them 2 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, Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn | |
 | MG-36038 | Boning Up The 'Bones | Various Artists | 1955 | Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, J.C. Heard |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7812 | Rex Stewart And His Orchestra · not on the site yet | Rex Stewart And His Orchestra | 1945 | Tyree Glenn, J.C. Heard | |
 | CL 6024 | Mood Ellington | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1948 | Tyree Glenn, Oscar Pettiford |
 | CL 6073 | Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1949 | Tyree Glenn, Oscar Pettiford |
 | MG 9013 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 2 | Various Artists | 1952 | Ike Quebec, J.C. Heard |
 | MG 9021 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 3 | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36017 | Trumpet Interlude | Various Artists | 1955 | Jonah Jones, J.C. Heard |
 | MG-36023 | Battle Of The Saxes | Various Artists | 1955 | Jonah Jones, J.C. Heard |