Blue Note session · in the studio
June 10, 1965
Bobby Hutcherson Sextet
In the room
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
1 of these 9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1602 · tk. 2 | Components | BLP 4213 |
| tk. 13 | West 22nd Street Theme (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD7-278 |
| 1603 · tk. 17 | Tranquillity | BLP 4213 |
| 1604 · tk. 26 | Little B's Poem | BLP 4213 |
| 1605 · tk. 28 | Juba Dance | BLP 4213 |
| 1606 · tk. 37 | Movement | BLP 4213 |
| 1607 · tk. 41 | Air | BLP 4213 |
| 1608 · tk. 50 | Pastoral | BLP 4213 |
| tk. 51 | West 22nd Street Theme | BLP 4213 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4206 | Contours | Sam Rivers | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
| BLP 4297 | Wayne Shorter Sextet · not on the site yet | Wayne Shorter Sextet | 1967 | James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
3 of them 10 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4115 | Hub-Tones | Freddie Hubbard | 1963 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock |
 | BLP 4172 | Breaking Point | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4175 | Empyrean Isles | Herbie Hancock | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
 | BLP 4180 | Life Time | Anthony Williams | 1964 | Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
 | BLP 4194 | Speak No Evil | Wayne Shorter | 1966+ | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
 | BLP 4195 | Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock | 1965 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
 | BLP 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4227 | Mode For Joe | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4231 | Happenings | Bobby Hutcherson | 1967 | Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Joe Chambers |
 | BLP 4252 | Sweet Honey Bee | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter |
