Blue Note session · in the studio
August 12, 1965
Anthony Williams Quintet
In the room
Tony Williams – drums · as Anthony Williams
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Sam Rivers – tenor sax
Herbie Hancock – piano
Gary Peacock – bass
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1642 · tk. 2 | Extras | BLP 4216 |
| 1643 · tk. 4 | Tee | BLP 4216 |
| 1644 · tk. 6 | From Before | BLP 4216 |
| 1645 · tk. 18 | Love Song | BLP 4216 |
| 1646 · tk. 19 | Echo | BLP 4216 |
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 4180 | Life Time | Anthony Williams | 1964 | Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hancock, Gary Peacock |
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL 2350 | E.S.P. | Miles Davis | 1965 | Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4177 | Some Other Stuff | Grachan Moncur III | 1965 | Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| CL 2601 | Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | 1967 | Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| CL 2732 | Sorcerer | Miles Davis | 1967 | Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |
| CS 9594 | Nefertiti | Miles Davis | 1968 | Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock |
