Blue Note session · in the studio
July 6, 1964
Grachan Moncur III Quintet
In the room
- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Herbie Hancock – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Tony Williams – drums · as Anthony Williams
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 1382 · tk. 1 | The Twins | BLP 4177 |
| 1383 · tk. 6 | Gnostic | BLP 4177 |
| 1384 · tk. 14 | Thandiwa | BLP 4177 |
| 1385 · tk. 19 | Nomadic | BLP 4177 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4126 | My Point Of View | Herbie Hancock | 1963 | Grachan Moncur III, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams | |
| CL 2350 | E.S.P. | Miles Davis | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams | |
| BLP 4216 | Spring | Anthony Williams | 1966 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Grachan Moncur III, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| CL 2601 | Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams | |
| CL 2732 | Sorcerer | Miles Davis | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams | |
| CS 9594 | Nefertiti | Miles Davis | 1968 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams |
