Blue Note session · in the studio
June 18, 1965
Hank Mobley Quintet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Lee Morgan – trumpet- Harold Mabern – piano
- Larry Ridley – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1615 · tk. 10 | Recado Bossa Nova | BLP 4209 |
| 1616 · tk. 22 | Ballin' | BLP 4209 |
| 1617 · tk. 27 | The Vamp | BLP 4209 |
| 1618 · tk. 31 | The Dip | BLP 4209 |
| 1619 · tk. 36 | I See Your Face Before Me | BLP 4209 |
| 1614 · tk. 37 | The Break Through | BLP 4209 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Larry Ridley, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4207 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 1 | Freddie Hubbard | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1965 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4208 | The Night Of The Cookers Volume 2 | Freddie Hubbard | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4426 | Lee Morgan Quintet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Quintet | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4230 | A Caddy For Daddy | Hank Mobley | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4212 | The Gigolo | Lee Morgan | 1968 | Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern, Billy Higgins |
