Blue Note session · in the studio
November 28, 1961
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
In the room
Art Blakey – drums
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Cedar Walton – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
The takes
8 of these 10 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. 4 | Moon River (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84104 2 |
| tk. 6 | Moon River | BLP 4104 |
| tk. 8 | Contemplation | 45 · 45-1850, BLP 4104 |
| tk. 15 | Backstage Sally | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84104 2 |
| – | Reincarnation Blues | Rejected at the session |
| – | Shaky Jake | Rejected at the session |
| – | Bu's Delight | Rejected at the session |
| – | Shaky Jake | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 36 | Reincarnation Blues (alternate version) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84104 2 |
| tk. 37 | Bu's Delight (alternate version) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84104 2 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4090 | Mosaic | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Jymie Merritt |
5 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 438 | Caravan | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers | 1962 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | RLP 464 | Ugetsu | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers At Birdland | 1963 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | BLP 4170 | Free For All | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1965 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | RLP 493 | Kyoto | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1967 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
4 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A-7 | Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers (Alamode) | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
 | A-13 | Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan | Curtis Fuller! | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Jymie Merritt |
 | A-38 | The Body & The Soul | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | BLP 4193 | Indestructible | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1966 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
3 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 12-294 | New Blue Horns | Various Artists | 1959 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton |
 | BLP 4029 | The Big Beat | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1960 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
 | BLP 4049 | A Night In Tunisia | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
 | BLP 4054 | Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World Volume 1 | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
| BLP 4347 | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers · not on the site yet | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt | |
 | BLP 4055 | Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World Volume 2 | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1962 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
| BLP 4135 | Freddie Hubbard Quintet · not on the site yet | Freddie Hubbard Quintet | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton | |
 | BLP 4156 | The Freedom Rider | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1964 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
 | LM-82002 | I/We Had A Ball | Various Artists | 1965 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller |
 | BLP 4245 | Like Someone In Love | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1967 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
 | BLP 4258 | The Witch Doctor | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1967 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt |
