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Blue Note session · in the studio

July 6, 1964

Grachan Moncur III Quintet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
1382 · tk. 1The Twins BLP 4177
1383 · tk. 6Gnostic BLP 4177
1384 · tk. 14Thandiwa BLP 4177
1385 · tk. 19Nomadic BLP 4177
All 4 takes found on Spotify

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 7 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4126My Point Of ViewHerbie Hancock1963Grachan Moncur III, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
CL 2350E.S.P.Miles Davis1965Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4216SpringAnthony Williams1966Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4219The All Seeing EyeWayne Shorter1966Grachan Moncur III, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
CL 2601Miles SmilesMiles Davis Quintet1967Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
CL 2732SorcererMiles Davis1967Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
CS 9594NefertitiMiles Davis1968Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams

2 of them 17 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
CL 2051Seven Steps To HeavenMiles Davis1963Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4127Una Mas (One More Time)Kenny Dorham1963Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4137One Step BeyondJackie McLean1963Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams
CL 2183Miles Davis In EuropeMiles Davis Quintet1964Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4153EvolutionGrachan Moncur III1964Grachan Moncur III, Tony Williams
BLP 4175Empyrean IslesHerbie Hancock1964Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4180Life TimeAnthony Williams1964Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
CL 2306My Funny ValentineMiles Davis In Concert1965Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4179It's Time!Jackie McLean1965Herbie Hancock, Cecil McBee
BLP 4195Maiden VoyageHerbie Hancock1965Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
A-90The New Wave In JazzVarious Artists1966Grachan Moncur III, Cecil McBee
CL 2453'Four' & More: Recorded Live In ConcertMiles Davis1966Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
BLP 4118Free FormDonald Byrd1966Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
BLP 4169Search For The New LandLee Morgan1966+Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
BLP 4194Speak No EvilWayne Shorter1966+Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
BLP 4232Adam's AppleWayne Shorter1967Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
BLP 4297Wayne Shorter Sextet · not on the site yetWayne Shorter Sextet1967Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock