Blue Note session · in the studio
April 30, 1963
Jackie McLean Quintet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes- Eddie Khan – bass
Tony Williams – drums · as Anthony Williams
The takes
1 of these 5 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. 3 | Frankenstein | BLP 4137 |
| tk. 5 | Saturday And Sunday | BLP 4137 |
| tk. 9 | Saturday And Sunday (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46821 2 |
| tk. 14 | Blue Rondo | BLP 4137 |
| tk. 16 | Ghost Town | BLP 4137 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4153 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4165 | Destination... Out! | Jackie McLean | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4126 | My Point Of View | Herbie Hancock | 1963 | Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams | |
| BLP 4163 | Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams | |
| BLP 4180 | Life Time | Anthony Williams | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams | |
| BLP 4177 | Some Other Stuff | Grachan Moncur III | 1965 | Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams | |
| A-90 | The New Wave In Jazz | Various Artists | 1966 | Grachan Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson | |
| BLP 4218 | Action | Jackie McLean | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson | |
| BLP 4284 | 'Bout Soul | Jackie McLean | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III |
