Blue Note session · in the studio
August 30, 1963
Herbie Hancock Quartet
In the room
Herbie Hancock – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Willie Bobo – drums, timbales- Osvaldo Martinez – conga, bongo · as Osvaldo Chihuahau Martinez
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 12567 · tk. 1 | Succotash | BLP 4147 |
| 12568 · tk. 2 | Triangle | BLP 4147 |
| tk. 4 | Mimosa (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note B2BN 7243 4 95569 2 8 |
| 12565 · tk. 5 | Mimosa | BLP 4147 |
| 12566 · tk. 9 | A Jump Ahead | BLP 4147 |
| 12564 · tk. 13 | Jack Rabbit | BLP 4147 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 1893 | Jingle Bell Jazz | Various Artists | 1962 | Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo | |
| CL 1970 | The Giants Of Jazz | Various Artists | 1963 | Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo | |
| CL 2106 | Quiet Nights | Miles Davis | 1963 | Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo | |
| PRLP 7379 | Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy | A.K. Salim | 1965 | Willie Bobo, Osvaldo Martinez | |
| CL 2732 | Sorcerer | Miles Davis | 1967 | Paul Chambers, Willie Bobo |
