Blue Note session · in the studio
September 9, 1963
Joe Henderson Quintet
In the room
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Andrew Hill – piano- Eddie Khan – bass
- Pete La Roca – drums
The takes
2 of these 7 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. 10 | Teeter Totter (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84152 2 |
| tk. 14 | Our Thing | BLP 4152 |
| tk. 15 | Our Thing (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD5-271 |
| tk. 17 | Escapade | BLP 4152 |
| tk. 23 | Back Road | BLP 4152 |
| tk. 27 | Pedro's Time | BLP 4152 |
| tk. 28 | Teeter Totter | BLP 4152 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4140 | Page One | Joe Henderson | 1963 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Andrew Hill |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4127 | Una Mas (One More Time) | Kenny Dorham | 1963 | Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham |
 | BLP 4144 | Little Johnny C | Johnny Coles | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Pete La Roca |
 | BLP 4151 | Black Fire | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill |
 | BLP 4160 | Smokestack | Andrew Hill | 1966+ | Andrew Hill, Eddie Khan |
 | BLP 4166 | In 'N Out | Joe Henderson | 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 |