Blue Note session · in the studio
April 9, 1961
Freddie Hubbard Sextet
In the room
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone
Jimmy Heath – tenor sax
Cedar Walton – piano- Larry Ridley – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
The takes
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 3 | Earmon Jr. | BLP 4073 |
| tk. 6 | Hub Cap | BLP 4073 |
| tk. 11 | Cry Me Not | 45 · 45-1810, BLP 4073 |
| tk. 14 | Plexus (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84073 2 |
| tk. 15 | Plexus | BLP 4073 |
| tk. 18 | Luana | BLP 4073 |
| tk. 21 | Osie Mae | 45 · 45-1810, BLP 4073 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 308 | Abbey Is Blue | Abbey Lincoln | 1959 | Julian Priester, Cedar Walton, Philly Joe Jones |
 | RLP 372 | The Quota | Jimmy Heath | 1961 | Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton |
 | A-13 | Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan | Curtis Fuller! | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton |
 | RLP 400 | Triple Threat | Jimmy Heath | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton |
| BLP 4135 | Freddie Hubbard Quintet · not on the site yet | Freddie Hubbard Quintet | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Philly Joe Jones | |
 | A-38 | The Body & The Soul | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Philly Joe Jones |
