Blue Note session · in the studio
April 3, 1965
Bobby Hutcherson Sextet
In the room
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Sam Rivers – tenor, soprano sax, bass clarinet, flute
Andrew Hill – piano
Richard Davis – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1556 · tk. 3 | Catta | BLP 4198 |
| 1557 · tk. 11 | Jasper | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-996 |
| 1558 · tk. 18 | Idle While | BLP 4198 |
| 1559 · tk. 24 | Ghetto Lights | BLP 4198 |
| 1560 · tk. 29 | Les Noirs Marchent | BLP 4198 |
| 1561 · tk. 30 | Dialogue | BLP 4198 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4217 | Compulsion!!!!! | Andrew Hill | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4203 | Andrew!!! | Andrew Hill | 1968 | Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4159 | Judgment! | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4163 | Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4206 | Contours | Sam Rivers | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Sam Rivers, Joe Chambers |
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP 1425 | Essence | John Lewis Plays The Compositions & Arrangements Of Gary McFarland | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4151 | Black Fire | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4160 | Smokestack | Andrew Hill | 1966+ | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4172 | Breaking Point | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4180 | Life Time | Anthony Williams | 1964 | Sam Rivers, Richard Davis | |
| A-97 | On This Night | Archie Shepp | 1965 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| A-94 | New Thing At Newport | John Coltrane, Archie Shepp | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4227 | Mode For Joe | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4231 | Happenings | Bobby Hutcherson | 1967 | Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers |
