Blue Note session · in the studio
May 2, 1959
Jackie McLean Quintet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Donald Byrd – trumpet- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Paul Chambers – bass- Pete La Roca – drums
The takes
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 5 | Formidable | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-1085 |
| tk. 6 | Greasy | 45 · 45-1776, BLP 4013 |
| tk. 8 | Sweet Cakes | BLP 4013 |
| tk. 10 | Davis Cup | BLP 4013 |
| tk. 13 | Minor Apprehension | BLP 4013 |
| tk. 14 | Hip Strut | BLP 4013 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4018 | Davis Cup | Walter Davis Jr. | 1960 | Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Walter Davis Jr. |
 | BLP 4051 | Jackie's Bag | Jackie McLean | 1961 | Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers |
 | PR 7306 | Biggest Soul Hits | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers |
