Blue Note session · in the studio
January 27, 1966
Joe Henderson Septet
In the room
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
Cedar Walton – piano
Ron Carter – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1685 · tk. 2 | A Shade Of Jade | BLP 4227 |
| 1686 · tk. 8 | Caribbean Fire Dance | BLP 4227 |
| 1687 · tk. 18 | Granted | BLP 4227 |
| 1688 · tk. 19 | Mode For Joe | BLP 4227 |
| tk. 20 | Mode For Joe (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) UCCQ-5120 |
| 1689 · tk. 26 | Black | BLP 4227 |
| tk. 27 | Black (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84227 2 |
| 1690 · tk. 31 | Free Wheelin' | BLP 4227 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4193 | Indestructible | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1966 | Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton |
 | BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
| BLP 4297 | Wayne Shorter Sextet · not on the site yet | Wayne Shorter Sextet | 1967 | Curtis Fuller, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers |
