Blue Note session · in the studio
December 24, 1964
Wayne Shorter Quintet
In the room
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
The takes
1 of these 7 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1499 · tk. 6 | Witch Hunt | BLP 4194 |
| 1500 · tk. 12 | Wild Flower | BLP 4194 |
| 1501 · tk. 14 | Speak No Evil | BLP 4194 |
| 1502 · tk. 17 | Infant Eyes | BLP 4194 |
| 1503 · tk. 25 | Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum | BLP 4194 |
| 1504 · tk. 27 | Dance Cadaverous | BLP 4194 |
| tk. 30 | Dance Cadaverous (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note 7243 4 99001 2 7 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
3 of them 13 albums
2 of them 40 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCP-6046 | Charles Persip And The Jazz Statesmen | Charles Persip And The Jazz Statesmen | 1960 | Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter | |
| A-4 | Out Of The Cool | Gil Evans Orchestra | 1961 | Ron Carter, Elvin Jones | |
| A-6 | Africa/Brass | The John Coltrane Quartet | 1961 | Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones | |
| LP 1373 | Ole Coltrane | John Coltrane | 1961 | Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4090 | Mosaic | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| A-9273 | John Coltrane Orchestra · not on the site yet | John Coltrane Orchestra | 1961 | Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones | |
| RLP 438 | Caravan | Art Blakey Jazz Messengers | 1962 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| BLP 4109 | Takin' Off | Herbie Hancock | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4135 | Freddie Hubbard Quintet · not on the site yet | Freddie Hubbard Quintet | 1962 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| BLP 4173 | Night Dreamer | Wayne Shorter | 1964 | Wayne Shorter, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4180 | Life Time | Anthony Williams | 1964 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| V-8833 | Stan Getz - Bill Evans Quartet · not on the site yet | Stan Getz - Bill Evans Quartet | 1964 | Ron Carter, Elvin Jones | |
| RLP 493 | Kyoto | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| BLP 4169 | Search For The New Land | Lee Morgan | 1966+ | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| BCP-6065 | Golden Jazz Instrumentals | Various Artists | 1962 | Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter | |
| RLP 464 | Ugetsu | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers At Birdland | 1963 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| CL 2051 | Seven Steps To Heaven | Miles Davis | 1963 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4104 | Buhaina's Delight | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1963 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| BLP 4115 | Hub-Tones | Freddie Hubbard | 1963 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock | |
| A-38 | The Body & The Soul | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| CL 2183 | Miles Davis In Europe | Miles Davis Quintet | 1964 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| A-95 | Ascension, Edition I | John Coltrane | 1965 | Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones | |
| CL 2306 | My Funny Valentine | Miles Davis In Concert | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4170 | Free For All | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard | |
| BLP 4177 | Some Other Stuff | Grachan Moncur III | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4182 | Juju | Wayne Shorter | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Elvin Jones | |
| V-8609 | Up With Donald Byrd | Donald Byrd Sextet | 1965 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2453 | 'Four' & More: Recorded Live In Concert | Miles Davis | 1966 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4118 | Free Form | Donald Byrd | 1966 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4216 | Spring | Anthony Williams | 1966 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| PR 7465 | The Soul Man! | Bobby Timmons | 1966 | Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter | |
| V-8663 | Out Of The Storm | Ed Thigpen | 1966 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| A-9121 | East Broadway Run Down | Sonny Rollins | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones | |
| BLP 4232 | Adam's Apple | Wayne Shorter | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4252 | Sweet Honey Bee | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4264 | The Real McCoy | McCoy Tyner | 1967 | Ron Carter, Elvin Jones | |
| V-8707 | Voices | Stan Getz | 1967 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| V-8746 | Kenny Burrell With Don Sebesky Orchestra · not on the site yet | Kenny Burrell With Don Sebesky Orchestra | 1967 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| V-8752 | Stan Getz With Claus Ogerman Orchestra · not on the site yet | Stan Getz With Claus Ogerman Orchestra | 1967 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| V-8730 | Hip Vibrations | Cal Tjader | 1968 | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
