Blue Note session · in the studio
June 3, 1963
Joe Henderson Quintet
In the room
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
McCoy Tyner – piano
Butch Warren – bass- Pete La Roca – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 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. 6 | Recorda-Me | 45 · 45-1901, BLP 4140 |
| tk. 12 | Jinrikisha | BLP 4140 |
| tk. 14 | Blue Bossa | 45 · 45-1901, BLP 4140 |
| tk. 15 | La Mesha (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD5-271 |
| tk. 18 | La Mesha | BLP 4140 |
| tk. 20 | Out Of The Night | BLP 4140 |
| tk. 22 | Homestretch (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD5-271 |
| tk. 25 | Homestretch | BLP 4140 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4127 | Una Mas (One More Time) | Kenny Dorham | 1963 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Butch Warren |
 | BLP 4152 | Our Thing | Joe Henderson | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4166 | In 'N Out | Joe Henderson | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner |
2 of them 10 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A-63 | Today And Tomorrow | McCoy Tyner | 1964 | McCoy Tyner, Butch Warren |
 | BLP 4144 | Little Johnny C | Johnny Coles | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham |
 | BLP 4181 | Trompeta Toccata | Kenny Dorham | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham |
 | BLP 4205 | Basra | Pete La Roca | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4189 | Inner Urge | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner |
 | BLP 4196 | Blue Spirits | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | McCoy Tyner, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4243 | Delightfulee Morgan | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner |
 | BLP 4264 | The Real McCoy | McCoy Tyner | 1967 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner |
 | BLP 4244 | Stick-Up! | Bobby Hutcherson | 1968 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner |