Blue Note session · in the studio
December 18, 1965
Hank Mobley Sextet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1669 · tk. 7 | Third Time Around | BLP 4230 |
| 1670 · tk. 12 | Venus Di Mildew | BLP 4230 |
| tk. 19 | Untitled Fuller Original | Rejected at the session |
| 1671 · tk. 20 | Ace Deuce Trey | BLP 4230 |
| 1672 · tk. 23 | The Morning After | BLP 4230 |
| 1673 · tk. 27 | A Caddy For Daddy | BLP 4230 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1965 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM-82002 | I/We Had A Ball | Various Artists | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4243 | Delightfulee Morgan | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4157 | The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | 1964 | Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4209 | Dippin' | Hank Mobley | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4426 | Lee Morgan Quintet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Quintet | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4196 | Blue Spirits | Freddie Hubbard | 1967 | Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw | |
| BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4212 | The Gigolo | Lee Morgan | 1968 | Lee Morgan, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Hank Mobley, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
