Blue Note session · in the studio
May 28, 1962
Herbie Hancock Quintet
In the room
Herbie Hancock – piano
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Dexter Gordon – tenor sax
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
The takes
3 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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 1 | Empty Pockets | BLP 4109 |
| tk. 3 | Empty Pockets (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37643 2 7 |
| tk. 4 | Three Bags Full | 45 · 45-1862, BLP 4109 |
| tk. 5 | Three Bags Full (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37643 2 7 |
| tk. 6 | Watermelon Man | 45 · 45-1862, BLP 4109 |
| tk. 7 | Watermelon Man (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37643 2 7 |
| tk. 10 | The Maze | BLP 4109 |
| tk. 13 | Driftin' | 45 · 45-1863, BLP 4109 |
| tk. 20 | Alone And I | 45 · 45-1863, BLP 4109 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1963 | Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins | |
 | BLP 4186 | The Turnaround! | Hank Mobley | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4101 | Royal Flush | Donald Byrd | 1962 | Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4112 | Go! | Dexter Gordon | 1962 | Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4132 | Feelin' The Spirit | Grant Green | 1963 | Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4133 | A Swingin' Affair | Dexter Gordon | 1964 | Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4118 | Free Form | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins |
