Blue Note session · in the studio
October 8, 1965
Andrew Hill Octet
In the room
Andrew Hill – piano
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Gilmore – tenor sax, bass clarinet
Cecil McBee – bass
Richard Davis – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
- Nadi Qamar – African drums, African thumb piano
- Renaud Simmons – conga
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1664 · tk. 3 | Compulsion | BLP 4217 |
| 1665 · tk. 6 | Limbo | BLP 4217 |
| 1666 · tk. 10 | Legacy | BLP 4217 |
| 1667 · tk. 14 | Premonition | BLP 4217 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4198 | Dialogue | Bobby Hutcherson | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4203 | Andrew!!! | Andrew Hill | 1968 | Andrew Hill, John Gilmore, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-27 | The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard | Freddie Hubbard Sextet | 1963 | Freddie Hubbard, John Gilmore | |
| LP 1425 | Essence | John Lewis Plays The Compositions & Arrangements Of Gary McFarland | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4151 | Black Fire | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4159 | Judgment! | Andrew Hill | 1964 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4160 | Smokestack | Andrew Hill | 1966+ | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4163 | Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4172 | Breaking Point | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4167 | Point Of Departure | Andrew Hill | 1965 | Andrew Hill, Richard Davis | |
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4219 | The All Seeing Eye | Wayne Shorter | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4206 | Contours | Sam Rivers | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers |
