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Blue Note session · in the studio

November 21, 1963

Grachan Moncur III Sextet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 11Monk In WonderlandBLP 4153
tk. 12The CoasterBLP 4153
tk. 14EvolutionBLP 4153
tk. 17Air RaidBLP 4153
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4137One Step BeyondJackie McLean1963Grachan Moncur III, Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams

3 of them 2 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4165Destination... Out!Jackie McLean1964Grachan Moncur III, Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4270Easterly WindsJack Wilson1967Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw

2 of them 23 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4034LeewayLee Morgan1961Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean
JLP 80Take TwelveLee Morgan Quintet1962Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4126My Point Of ViewHerbie Hancock1963Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams
BLP 4157The SidewinderLee Morgan1964Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4163Out To Lunch!Eric Dolphy1964Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams
BLP 4180Life TimeAnthony Williams1964Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams
BLP 4154Idle MomentsGrant Green1965Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4177Some Other StuffGrachan Moncur III1965Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams
A-90The New Wave In JazzVarious Artists1966Grachan Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4204Gettin' AroundDexter Gordon1966Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4215Right Now!Jackie McLean1966Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4227Mode For JoeJoe Henderson1966Lee Morgan, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4312Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1966Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean
BLP 4435Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yetHank Mobley Quintet1966Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4218ActionJackie McLean1967Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4222CornbreadLee Morgan1967Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean
BLP 4230A Caddy For DaddyHank Mobley1967Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4231HappeningsBobby Hutcherson1967Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4243Delightfulee MorganLee Morgan1967Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4335Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1967Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean
BLP 4212The GigoloLee Morgan1968Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4273Hi VoltageHank Mobley1968Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw
BLP 4284'Bout SoulJackie McLean1968Grachan Moncur III, Jackie McLean