Blue Note session · in the studio
January 8, 1964
Andrew Hill Quartet
In the room
Andrew Hill – piano
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
Richard Davis – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
The takes
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1280 · tk. 3 | Judgment | BLP 4159 |
| 1281 · tk. 8 | Flea Flop | BLP 4159 |
| 1282 · tk. 13 | Siete Ocho | BLP 4159 |
| 1283 · tk. 15 | Alfred | BLP 4159 |
| tk. 20 | Yokada, Yokada (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28981 2 2 |
| 1284 · tk. 21 | Yokada, Yokada | BLP 4159 |
| 1285 · tk. 26 | Reconciliation | BLP 4159 |
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 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4203 | Andrew!!! | Andrew Hill | 1968 | Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis |
