Blue Note session · in the studio
December 9, 1961
Ike Quebec Quartet
In the room
- Ike Quebec – tenor sax
- Freddie Roach – organ
Milt Hinton – bass- Al Harewood – 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. 2 | A Light Reprieve | BLP 4105 |
| tk. 5 | It Might As Well Be Spring | BLP 4105 |
| tk. 7 | Lover Man | BLP 4105 |
| – | M.D. Bounce | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 15 | Ol' Man River | BLP 4105 |
| tk. 21 | Willow Weep For Me | BLP 4105 |
| tk. 26 | Easy Don't Hurt | BLP 4105 |
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 4093 | Heavy Soul | Ike Quebec | 1962 | Ike Quebec, Freddie Roach, Milt Hinton, Al Harewood |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7604 | Jonah Jones And His Orchestra · not on the site yet | Jonah Jones And His Orchestra | 1946 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton | |
 | BLP 5001 | Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood | Various Artists | 1952 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |
 | MG 9013 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 2 | Various Artists | 1952 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |
 | BLP 5027 | Swing Hi-Swing Lo | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |
 | MG 9021 | Tenor Sax Solos Volume 3 | Various Artists | 1953 | Ike Quebec, Milt Hinton |
 | BCP-83 | Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Two | Various Artists | 1958 | Milt Hinton, Al Harewood |
 | BCP-6036 | Trombone Bandstand | Various Artists | 1960 | Milt Hinton, Al Harewood |