Blue Note session · in the studio
February 10, 1964
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
In the room
Art Blakey – drums
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax- Wellington Blakey – vocal
Cedar Walton – piano- Reginald Workman – bass · as Reggie Workman
The takes
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1296 · tk. 3 | The Core | BLP 4170 |
| 1295 · tk. 5 | Hammer Head | BLP 4170 |
| tk. 6 | My Funny Valentine | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 10 | Eva | Rejected at the session |
| 1298 · tk. 15 | Pensativa | BLP 4170 |
| 1297 · tk. 16 | Free For All | BLP 4170 |
| – | Soul Girl | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 493 | Kyoto | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1967 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Wellington Blakey, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
6 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 438 | Caravan | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers | 1962 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
 | RLP 464 | Ugetsu | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers At Birdland | 1963 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
5 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4090 | Mosaic | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | BLP 4104 | Buhaina's Delight | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1963 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton |
 | A-38 | The Body & The Soul | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
 | BLP 4193 | Indestructible | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1966 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4135 | Freddie Hubbard Quintet · not on the site yet | Freddie Hubbard Quintet | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 12-294 | New Blue Horns | Various Artists | 1959 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton |
 | A-7 | Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers (Alamode) | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter |
 | A-13 | Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan | Curtis Fuller! | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton |
 | LM-82002 | I/We Had A Ball | Various Artists | 1965 | Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller |
