Blue Note session · in the studio
October 15, 1965
Wayne Shorter Octet
In the room
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn- Alan Shorter – flugelhorn
- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
James Spaulding – alto sax
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass- Joe Chambers – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1668 · tk. 2 | The All Seeing Eye | BLP 4219 |
| 1669 · tk. 3 | Genesis | BLP 4219 |
| 1670 · tk. 8 | Chaos | BLP 4219 |
| 1671 · tk. 20 | Face Of The Deep | BLP 4219 |
| 1672 · tk. 24 | Mephistopheles | BLP 4219 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4297 | Wayne Shorter Sextet · not on the site yet | Wayne Shorter Sextet | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4194 | Speak No Evil | Wayne Shorter | 1966+ | Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4206 | Contours | Sam Rivers | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
3 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4115 | Hub-Tones | Freddie Hubbard | 1963 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4172 | Breaking Point | Freddie Hubbard | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4175 | Empyrean Isles | Herbie Hancock | 1964 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2350 | E.S.P. | Miles Davis | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4177 | Some Other Stuff | Grachan Moncur III | 1965 | Wayne Shorter, Grachan Moncur III, Herbie Hancock | |
| BLP 4195 | Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock | 1965 | Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2601 | Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| CL 2732 | Sorcerer | Miles Davis | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter | |
| BLP 4232 | Adam's Apple | Wayne Shorter | 1967 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Chambers | |
| BLP 4252 | Sweet Honey Bee | Duke Pearson | 1967 | Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter | |
| CS 9594 | Nefertiti | Miles Davis | 1968 | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter |
