Blue Note session · in the studio
February 19, 1965
Freddie Hubbard Octet
In the room
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute
Joe Henderson – tenor sax- Kiane Zawadi – euphonium
- Harold Mabern – piano
- Larry Ridley – bass
- Clifford Jarvis – drums
Big Black – conga
The takes
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1524 | Outer Forces | Rejected at the session |
| 1525 · tk. 24 | Soul Surge | BLP 4196 |
| 1526 · tk. 26 | Cunga Black | BLP 4196 |
| – | The Melting Pot | Rejected at the session |
| – | True Colors | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4207 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 1 | Freddie Hubbard | 1965 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley, Big Black | |
| BLP 4208 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 2 | Freddie Hubbard | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley, Big Black |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4115 | Hub-Tones | Freddie Hubbard | 1963 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Clifford Jarvis | |
| BLP 4252 | Sweet Honey Bee | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson |
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP 1339 | Sister Salvation | The Slide Hampton Octet | 1960 | Freddie Hubbard, Kiane Zawadi | |
| BLP 4040 | Open Sesame | Freddie Hubbard | 1960 | Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Jarvis | |
| BLP 4073 | Hub Cap | Freddie Hubbard | 1961 | Freddie Hubbard, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4172 | Breaking Point | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding | |
| LP 1467 | Drums Unlimited | Max Roach | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding | |
| BLP 4191 | Wahoo! | Duke Pearson | 1966+ | James Spaulding, Joe Henderson | |
| BLP 4209 | Dippin' | Hank Mobley | 1966 | Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding | |
| LP 1477 | Backlash | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding | |
| BLP 4250 | The Jody Grind | Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet | 1967 | James Spaulding, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4267 | The Right Touch | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding |
