Blue Note session · in the studio
April 21, 1965
Lee Morgan Quintet
In the room
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor sax- Ronnie Mathews – piano
- Victor Sproles – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 1571 · tk. 2 | The Rumproller | 45 · 45-1918, BLP 4199 |
| 1572 · tk. 3 | Desert Moonlight | BLP 4199 |
| 1573 · tk. 5 | Edda | BLP 4199 |
| 1574 · tk. 7 | Eclipso | BLP 4199 |
| 1575 · tk. 9 | The Lady | BLP 4199 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4157 | The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | 1964 | Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4243 | Delightfulee Morgan | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4335 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Victor Sproles, Billy Higgins |
2 of them 15 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4169 | Search For The New Land | Lee Morgan | 1966+ | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| LM-82001 | 'S Make It | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Victor Sproles | |
| LM-82002 | I/We Had A Ball | Various Artists | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Victor Sproles | |
| LM-82018 | Soulfinger | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Victor Sproles | |
| BLP 4209 | Dippin' | Hank Mobley | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4227 | Mode For Joe | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4426 | Lee Morgan Quintet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Quintet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| LM-82038 | Hold On, I'm Coming | Art Blakey | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Victor Sproles | |
| BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4230 | A Caddy For Daddy | Hank Mobley | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4212 | The Gigolo | Lee Morgan | 1968 | Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4244 | Stick-Up! | Bobby Hutcherson | 1968 | Joe Henderson, Billy Higgins |
