Blue Note session · in the studio
August 24, 1964
Anthony Williams Quartet
In the room
Tony Williams – drums, tympani, woodblock, maracas, triangle · as Anthony Williams
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1420 · tk. 12 | Barb's Song To The Wizard | BLP 4180 |
| 1421 · tk. 17 | Memory | BLP 4180 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 2051 | Seven Steps To Heaven | Miles Davis | 1963 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2183 | Miles Davis In Europe | Miles Davis Quintet | 1964 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4175 | Empyrean Isles | Herbie Hancock | 1964 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2306 | My Funny Valentine | Miles Davis In Concert | 1965 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2350 | E.S.P. | Miles Davis | 1965 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4195 | Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock | 1965 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2453 | 'Four' & More: Recorded Live In Concert | Miles Davis | 1966 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2601 | Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | 1967 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2732 | Sorcerer | Miles Davis | 1967 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CS 9594 | Nefertiti | Miles Davis | 1968 | Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
