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Blue Note session · in the studio

October 8, 1965

Andrew Hill Octet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
1664 · tk. 3CompulsionBLP 4217
1665 · tk. 6LimboBLP 4217
1666 · tk. 10LegacyBLP 4217
1667 · tk. 14PremonitionBLP 4217
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 2 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4198DialogueBobby Hutcherson1965Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers
BLP 4203Andrew!!!Andrew Hill1968Andrew Hill, John Gilmore, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers

2 of them 11 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
A-27The Artistry Of Freddie HubbardFreddie Hubbard Sextet1963Freddie Hubbard, John Gilmore
LP 1425EssenceJohn Lewis Plays The Compositions & Arrangements Of Gary McFarland1964Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis
BLP 4151Black FireAndrew Hill1964Andrew Hill, Richard Davis
BLP 4159Judgment!Andrew Hill1964Andrew Hill, Richard Davis
BLP 4160SmokestackAndrew Hill1966+Andrew Hill, Richard Davis
BLP 4163Out To Lunch!Eric Dolphy1964Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis
BLP 4172Breaking PointFreddie Hubbard1964Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers
BLP 4167Point Of DepartureAndrew Hill1965Andrew Hill, Richard Davis
BLP 4213ComponentsBobby Hutcherson1966Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers
BLP 4219The All Seeing EyeWayne Shorter1966Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers
BLP 4206ContoursSam Rivers1967Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers