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Blue Note session · in the studio

November 26, 1961

Ike Quebec Quartet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

1 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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 4Acquitted BLP 4093
tk. 13Heavy Soul 45 · 45-1837, BLP 4093
tk. 14Just One More Chance BLP 4093
tk. 20Que's Dilemma BLP 4093
tk. 24I Want A Little Girl BLP 4093
tk. 29Blues For Ike Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32090 2 6
tk. 30Brother Can You Spare A Dime 45 · 45-1838, BLP 4093
tk. 32The Man I Love 45 · 45-1837, BLP 4093
tk. 34Nature Boy 45 · 45-1838, BLP 4093
All 9 takes found on Spotify

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

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

The whole band 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4105It Might As Well Be SpringIke Quebec1964Ike Quebec, Freddie Roach, Milt Hinton, Al Harewood

2 of them 7 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
PR 7604Jonah Jones And His Orchestra · not on the site yetJonah Jones And His Orchestra1946Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton
BLP 5001Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow MoodVarious Artists1952Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton
MG 9013Tenor Sax Solos Volume 2Various Artists1952Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton
BLP 5027Swing Hi-Swing LoVarious Artists1953Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton
MG 9021Tenor Sax Solos Volume 3Various Artists1953Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton
BCP-83Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume TwoVarious Artists1958Milt Hinton, Al Harewood
BCP-6036Trombone BandstandVarious Artists1960Milt Hinton, Al Harewood