Blue Note session · in the studio
December 9, 1963
Freddie Roach Quintet
In the room
- Freddie Roach – organ
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Eddie Wright – guitar
- Clarence Johnston – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 53 | When Malindy Sings | BLP 4158 |
| tk. 55 | Wine, Wine, Wine | BLP 4158 |
| tk. 62 | On Our Way Up | BLP 4158 |
| tk. 65 | Lots Of Lovely Love | BLP 4158 |
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 4128 | Mo' Greens Please | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Freddie Roach, Eddie Wright, Clarence Johnston | |
| BLP 4168 | Brown Sugar | Freddie Roach | 1964 | Freddie Roach, Eddie Wright, Clarence Johnston |
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4113 | Down To Earth | Freddie Roach | 1962 | Freddie Roach, Clarence Johnston | |
| LP 1428 | Together! | Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones | 1964 | Blue Mitchell, Hank Mobley | |
| BLP 4190 | All That's Good | Freddie Roach | 1965 | Freddie Roach, Clarence Johnston | |
| PR 7521 | My People (Soul People) | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Freddie Roach, Eddie Wright | |
| BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Blue Mitchell, Hank Mobley |
