Blue Note session · in the studio
December 13, 1963
Andrew Hill Quartet
In the room
Andrew Hill – piano
Richard Davis – bass- Eddie Khan – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
The takes
4 of these 11 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. 4 | Smokestack (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32097 2 9 |
| tk. 6 | Smokestack | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 9 | Wailing Wall | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 11 | Ode To Von | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 15 | Ode To Von (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32097 2 9 |
| tk. 16 | The Day After | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 17 | The Day After (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32097 2 9 |
| tk. 21 | Verne | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 22 | Not So (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 32097 2 9 |
| tk. 23 | Not So | BLP 4160 |
| tk. 24 | 30 Pier Avenue | BLP 4160 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 2267 | Discovery! | Charles Lloyd | 1964 | Richard Davis, Eddie Khan, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 4151 | Black Fire | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes |
2 of them 9 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 |
 | BLP 4152 | Our Thing | Joe Henderson | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Eddie Khan |
 | BLP 4159 | Judgment! | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Andrew Hill, 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 |