Blue Note session · in the studio
January 29, 1965
Jackie McLean Quartet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Larry Willis – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass- Clifford Jarvis – drums
The takes
1 of these 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1508 · tk. 2 | Right Now | BLP 4215 |
| tk. 3 | Right Now (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84215 2 |
| 1509 · tk. 10 | Poor Eric | BLP 4215 |
| 1510 · tk. 15 | Christel's Time | BLP 4215 |
| 1511 · tk. 22 | Eco | BLP 4215 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | RLP 435 | Chasin' The Bird | Barry Harris Trio | 1962 | Bob Cranshaw, Clifford Jarvis |
 | BLP 4153 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw |
 | BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw |