Blue Note session · in the studio
May 7, 1964
Freddie Hubbard Quintet
In the room
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute- Ronnie Mathews – piano
- Eddie Khan – bass
- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1345 · tk. 3 | D Minor Mint | BLP 4172 |
| 1346 · tk. 10 | Far Away | BLP 4172 |
| 1347 · tk. 11 | Breaking Point | BLP 4172 |
| 1348 · tk. 14 | Blue Frenzy | 45 · 45-1908, BLP 4172 |
| tk. 15 | Blue Frenzy (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84172 2 |
| 1349 · tk. 23 | Mirrors | 45 · 45-1908, BLP 4172 |
| tk. 24 | Mirrors (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84172 2 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP 1467 | Drums Unlimited | Max Roach | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ronnie Mathews | |
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Chambers |
