Blue Note session · in the studio
November 8, 1963
Andrew Hill Quartet
In the room
Andrew Hill – piano
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Richard Davis – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
The takes
2 of these 9 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 | Land Of Nod | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 7 | Black Fire (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84151 2 |
| tk. 9 | Cantarnos | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 15 | McNeil Island | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 17 | Tired Trade | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 20 | Pumpkin | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 22 | Pumpkin (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84151 2 |
| tk. 23 | Subterfuge | BLP 4151 |
| tk. 27 | Black Fire | BLP 4151 |
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 4160 | Smokestack | Andrew Hill | 1966+ | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis |
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG-36109 | Swingin' Easy | Sarah Vaughan | 1957 | Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
 | LP-655 | A Night At The Vanguard | The Kenny Burrell Trio | 1960 | Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
 | CL 2267 | Discovery! | Charles Lloyd | 1964 | Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 4152 | Our Thing | Joe Henderson | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Joe Henderson |
 | BLP 4159 | Judgment! | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4166 | In 'N Out | Joe Henderson | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4181 | Trompeta Toccata | Kenny Dorham | 1965 | Joe Henderson, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | LP-769 | Man At Work | Kenny Burrell | 1966 | Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 4217 | Compulsion!!!!! | Andrew Hill | 1967 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4203 | Andrew!!! | Andrew Hill | 1968 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |