Blue Note session · in the studio
September 16, 1964
Jackie McLean Quintet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Charles Tolliver – trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
Cecil McBee – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1438 · tk. 1 | Action | BLP 4218 |
| 1439 · tk. 3 | Wrong Handle | BLP 4218 |
| 1440 · tk. 15 | I Hear A Rhapsody | BLP 4218 |
| 1441 · tk. 19 | Plight | BLP 4218 |
| 1442 · tk. 20 | Hootnan | BLP 4218 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-90 | The New Wave In Jazz | Various Artists | 1966 | Charles Tolliver, Bobby Hutcherson, Cecil McBee, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4179 | It's Time! | Jackie McLean | 1965 | Jackie McLean, Charles Tolliver, Cecil McBee |
2 of them 13 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4089 | A Fickle Sonance | Jackie McLean | 1962 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4106 | Let Freedom Ring | Jackie McLean | 1963 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4137 | One Step Beyond | Jackie McLean | 1963 | Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson | |
| BLP 4153 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson | |
| BLP 4165 | Destination... Out! | Jackie McLean | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson | |
| BLP 4204 | Gettin' Around | Dexter Gordon | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4262 | New And Old Gospel | Jackie McLean | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4335 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4244 | Stick-Up! | Bobby Hutcherson | 1968 | Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins |
