Blue Note session · in the studio
May 28, 1965
Dexter Gordon Quintet
In the room
Dexter Gordon – tenor sax
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
Barry Harris – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
The takes
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1592 · tk. 4 | Le Coiffeur | BLP 4204 |
| 1593 · tk. 11 | Manha De Carnaval | BLP 4204 |
| – | Very Saxily Yours | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 23 | Flick Of A Trick | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46681 2 |
| 1594 · tk. 28 | Everybody Somebody's Fool | BLP 4204 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4157 | The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | 1964 | Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1965 | Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
