Blue Note session · in the studio
September 18, 1965
Lee Morgan Sextet
In the room
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto sax- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Herbie Hancock – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1651 · tk. 1 | Ceora | BLP 4222 |
| 1652 · tk. 2 | Our Man Higgins | BLP 4222 |
| 1653 · tk. 6 | Most Like Lee | BLP 4222 |
| 1654 · tk. 12 | Cornbread | 45 · 45-1930, BLP 4222 |
| 1655 · tk. 15 | Ill Wind | BLP 4222 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1963 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4209 | Dippin' | Hank Mobley | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Larry Ridley, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4149 | No Room For Squares | Hank Mobley | 1964 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4169 | Search For The New Land | Lee Morgan | 1966+ | Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4186 | The Turnaround! | Hank Mobley | 1965 | Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4426 | Lee Morgan Quintet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Quintet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4230 | A Caddy For Daddy | Hank Mobley | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4335 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins |
