Blue Note session · in the studio
May 19, 1966
Cecil Taylor Septet
In the room
Cecil Taylor – piano, bells- Eddie Gale – trumpet
- Jimmy Lyons – alto sax
- Ken McIntyre – alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet
- Alan Silva – bass
Henry Grimes – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums
The takes
1 of these 5 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 | Enter Evening (Soft Line Structure) (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84237 2 |
| 1735 · tk. 2 | Enter Evening (Soft Line Structure) | BLP 4237 |
| 1736 · tk. 7 | Steps | BLP 4237 |
| 1737 · tk. 27/23/24/8/18 | Tales (8 Whips) | BLP 4237 |
| 1738 · tk. 31/41/45/43 | Unit Structure / As Of A Now / Section | BLP 4237 |
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 4260 | Conquistador! | Cecil Taylor | 1966 | Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Andrew Cyrille |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A-9 | Into The Hot | The Gil Evans Orchestra | 1962 | Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes |