Blue Note session · in the studio
August 13, 1960
Freddie Redd Quintet
In the room
Freddie Redd – piano
Jackie McLean – alto sax- Tina Brooks – tenor sax
Paul Chambers – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
The takes
2 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. 1 | Thespian | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 4 | Blues-Blues-Blues | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 5 | Shadows | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 6 | Swift | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 7 | Ole! (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR3-124 |
| tk. 9 | Ole! | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 11 | Just A Ballad For My Baby | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 16 | Melanie | BLP 4045 |
| tk. 17 | Melanie (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR3-124 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJLP 8231 | Makin' The Changes | Jackie McLean | 1960 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| BLP 4051 | Jackie's Bag | Jackie McLean | 1961 | Jackie McLean, Tina Brooks, Paul Chambers | |
| NJLP 8253 | A Long Drink Of The Blues | Jackie McLean | 1961 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes |
2 of them 15 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7068 | Jackie's Pal | Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman | 1956 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| PRLP 7110 | Jammin' In Hi Fi With Gene Ammons | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1957 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1588 | Cool Struttin' | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 4013 | New Soil | Jackie McLean | 1959 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| NJLP 8212 | McLean's Scene | Jackie McLean | 1959 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 4027 | The Music From The Connection | Freddie Redd Quartet With Jackie McLean | 1960 | Freddie Redd, Jackie McLean | |
| BLP 4038 | Capuchin Swing | Jackie McLean | 1960 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 4034 | Leeway | Lee Morgan | 1961 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| BCP-6056 | Motor City Scene | Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, "Hey" Lewis, Paul Chambers | 1961 | Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| PRLP 7188 | Lush Life | John Coltrane | 1961 | Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| NJLP 8277 | Curtis Fuller With Red Garland | Curtis Fuller Quintet With Red Garland | 1963 | Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| PRLP 7292 | The Believer | John Coltrane | 1964 | Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| PR 7306 | Biggest Soul Hits | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers | |
| PR 7378 | The Last Trane | John Coltrane | 1965 | Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers |
