Blue Note session · in the studio
February 8, 1966
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet
In the room
Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
Herbie Hancock – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass- Joe Chambers – drums
The takes
3 of these 10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 1 | Aquarian Moon (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD7-278 |
| 1691 · tk. 2 | Aquarian Moon | BLP 4231 |
| tk. 5 | Rojo (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD7-278 |
| 1692 · tk. 7 | Rojo | BLP 4231 |
| tk. 9 | Bouquet (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MD7-278 |
| 1693 · tk. 10 | Bouquet | BLP 4231 |
| 1694 · tk. 12 | Head Start | BLP 4231 |
| 1695 · tk. 16 | When You Are Near | BLP 4231 |
| 1696 · tk. 21 | Maiden Voyage | BLP 4231 |
| 1697 · tk. 26 | The Omen | BLP 4231 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4213 | Components | Bobby Hutcherson | 1966 | Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Joe Chambers |
