Blue Note session · in the studio
June 24, 1966
Donald Byrd Sextet
In the room
Donald Byrd – trumpet- Sonny Red – alto sax
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
McCoy Tyner – piano
Walter Booker – bass
Freddie Waits – drums
The takes
1 of these 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1746 · tk. 4 | On The Trail | BLP 4238 |
| 1747 · tk. 9 | I'm So Excited By You | BLP 4238 |
| 1748 · tk. 15 | Mustang | BLP 4238 |
| – | Dixie Lee | Rejected at the session |
| 1750 · tk. 24 | I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good | BLP 4238 |
| 1751 · tk. 29 | Fly, Little Bird, Fly | BLP 4238 |
| 1749 · tk. 31 | Dixie Lee | BLP 4238 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4259 | Blackjack | Donald Byrd | 1967 | Donald Byrd, Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, Walter Booker |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1963 | Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner | |
 | BLP 4292 | Slow Drag | Donald Byrd | 1968 | Donald Byrd, Sonny Red, Walter Booker |
