Blue Note session · in the studio
June 25, 1964
Andrew Hill Quintet
In the room
Andrew Hill – piano
John Gilmore – tenor sax
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
Richard Davis – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1382 · tk. 6 | Black Monday | BLP 4203 |
| 1383 · tk. 12 | Symmetry | BLP 4203 |
| tk. 14 | Symmetry (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR10-161 |
| 1384 · tk. 17 | The Griots (mistitled as The Groits) | BLP 4203 |
| tk. 18 | The Griots (mistitled as The Groits) (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR10-161 |
| 1385 · tk. 20 | Duplicity | BLP 4203 |
| 1386 · tk. 31 | Le Serpent Qui Danse | BLP 4203 |
| 1381 · tk. 33 | No Doubt | BLP 4203 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4217 | Compulsion!!!!! | Andrew Hill | 1967 | Andrew Hill, John Gilmore, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4159 | Judgment! | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis |
2 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4151 | Black Fire | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | A-97 | On This Night | Archie Shepp | 1965 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |
 | A-94 | New Thing At Newport | John Coltrane, Archie Shepp | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4160 | Smokestack | Andrew Hill | 1966+ | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4163 | Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis |
 | BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4227 | Mode For Joe | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4231 | Happenings | Bobby Hutcherson | 1967 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |