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Blue Note session · in the studio

October 26, 1961

Jackie McLean Quintet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 1EnitrnerrutBLP 4089
tk. 8Five Will Get You Ten BLP 4089
tk. 9Subdued BLP 4089
tk. 11A Fickle Sonance BLP 4089
tk. 13Lost BLP 4089
tk. 18Sundu BLP 4089
6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4091Leapin' And Lopin'Sonny Clark1962Tommy Turrentine, Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins

3 of them 3 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4107Preach Brother!Don Wilkerson1962Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4112Go!Dexter Gordon1962Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4133A Swingin' AffairDexter Gordon1964Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins

2 of them 14 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1588Cool Struttin'Sonny Clark1958Jackie McLean, Sonny Clark
BLP 4051Jackie's BagJackie McLean1961Jackie McLean, Sonny Clark
BLP 4101Royal FlushDonald Byrd1962Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4109Takin' OffHerbie Hancock1962Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4106Let Freedom RingJackie McLean1963Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4132Feelin' The SpiritGrant Green1963Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4118Free FormDonald Byrd1966Butch Warren, Billy Higgins
BLP 4312Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1966Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4218ActionJackie McLean1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4222CornbreadLee Morgan1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4262New And Old GospelJackie McLean1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4270Easterly WindsJack Wilson1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4335Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4273Hi VoltageHank Mobley1968Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins