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Blue Note session · in the studio

September 16, 1964

Jackie McLean 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
1438 · tk. 1ActionBLP 4218
1439 · tk. 3Wrong HandleBLP 4218
1440 · tk. 15I Hear A RhapsodyBLP 4218
1441 · tk. 19PlightBLP 4218
1442 · tk. 20HootnanBLP 4218
5 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

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

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
A-90The New Wave In JazzVarious Artists1966Charles Tolliver, Bobby Hutcherson, Cecil McBee, Billy Higgins

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4179It's Time!Jackie McLean1965Jackie McLean, Charles Tolliver, Cecil McBee

2 of them 13 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4089A Fickle SonanceJackie McLean1962Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4106Let Freedom RingJackie McLean1963Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4137One Step BeyondJackie McLean1963Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4153EvolutionGrachan Moncur III1964Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4165Destination... Out!Jackie McLean1964Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson
BLP 4204Gettin' AroundDexter Gordon1966Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins
BLP 4312Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1966Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4222CornbreadLee Morgan1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4262New And Old GospelJackie McLean1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4270Easterly WindsJack Wilson1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4335Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1967Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins
BLP 4244Stick-Up!Bobby Hutcherson1968Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins
BLP 4273Hi VoltageHank Mobley1968Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins