Blue Note session · in the studio
March 19, 1963
Herbie Hancock Septet
In the room
Herbie Hancock – piano
Donald Byrd – trumpet- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Grant Green – guitar
- Chuck Israels – bass
Tony Williams – drums · as Anthony Williams
The takes
1 of these 6 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 Tribute To Someone | BLP 4126 |
| tk. 8 | King Cobra | BLP 4126 |
| tk. 10 | Blind Man, Blind Man | 45 · 45-1887, BLP 4126 |
| tk. 11 | Blind Man, Blind Man (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note B2BN 7243 4 95569 2 8 |
| tk. 17 | The Pleasure Is Mine | BLP 4126 |
| tk. 20 | And What If I Don't | BLP 4126 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1963 | Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley | |
 | BLP 4124 | A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | 1964 | Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley |
 | BLP 4149 | No Room For Squares | Hank Mobley | 1964 | Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley |
 | BLP 4177 | Some Other Stuff | Grachan Moncur III | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams |
 | BLP 4186 | The Turnaround! | Hank Mobley | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley |
 | BLP 4188 | I'm Tryin' To Get Home | Donald Byrd | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Grant Green |
