Blue Note session · in the studio
May 27, 1966
Lee Morgan Quintet
In the room
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
McCoy Tyner – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Billy Higgins – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1739 · tk. 4 | Nite-Flite | BLP 4243 |
| 1740 · tk. 5 | Zambia | BLP 4243 |
| 1741 · tk. 20 | The Delightful Deggie | BLP 4243 |
| 1742 · tk. 21 | Ca-Lee-So | BLP 4243 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4157 | The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | 1964 | Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1966 | Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4230 | A Caddy For Daddy | Hank Mobley | 1967 | Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4199 | The Rumproller | Lee Morgan | 1965 | Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4189 | Inner Urge | Joe Henderson | 1966 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw | |
| 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 4244 | Stick-Up! | Bobby Hutcherson | 1968 | Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Billy Higgins |
