Blue Note session · in the studio

November 17, 1966

Blue Mitchell Octet

In the room

Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone
Jerry Dodgion – alto sax, flute
Junior Cook – tenor sax
Pepper Adams – baritone sax
Duke Pearson – arranger
Cedar Walton – piano
Chick Corea – piano
Gene Taylor – bass
Mickey Roker – 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
1788 · tk. 7	O Mama Enit	BLP 4257
1789 · tk. 15	Rigor Mortez	BLP 4257
1790 · tk. 17	I Should Care	BLP 4257
1791 · tk. 22	Millie	BLP 4257
1792 · tk. 31	Straight Up And Down	BLP 4257
1793 · tk. 42	Tones For Joan's Bones	BLP 4257

6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Blue Mitchell – Boss Horn (Blue Note BLP 4257)

BLP 4257 · 1967Boss HornBlue Mitchell

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 4272	Heads Up!	Blue Mitchell	1968	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Jerry Dodgion, Junior Cook, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor

5 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 4256	The Spoiler	Stanley Turrentine	1967	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
	BLP 4276	Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band	Duke Pearson's Big Band	1968	Julian Priester, Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker

4 of them 4 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
RLP 439	The Cup Bearers	Blue Mitchell	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Cedar Walton, Gene Taylor
BLP 4178	The Thing To Do	Blue Mitchell	1965	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor
BLP 4214	Down With It!	The Blue Mitchell Quintet	1966+	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor
BLP 4240	Rough 'N Tumble	Stanley Turrentine	1966	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker

3 of them 12 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 4008	Finger Poppin'	Horace Silver	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4017	Blowin' The Blues Away	Horace Silver	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4325	Horace Silver Quintet · not on the site yet	Horace Silver Quintet	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
RLP 313	Showcase	Philly Joe Jones	1960	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Pepper Adams
BLP 4042	Horace-Scope	Horace Silver	1960	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4076	Doin' The Thing	Horace Silver	1961	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
JLP 58	Junior's Cookin'	The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4110	The Tokyo Blues	The Horace Silver Quintet	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4131	Silver's Serenade	The Horace Silver Quintet	1963	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4185	Song For My Father	Horace Silver	1964	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4228	Bring It Home To Me	Blue Mitchell	1967	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4267	The Right Touch	Duke Pearson	1967	Jerry Dodgion, Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor

2 of them 23 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
RLP 12-293	Out Of The Blue	Blue Mitchell	1959	Blue Mitchell, Cedar Walton
RLP 12-294	New Blue Horns	Various Artists	1959	Blue Mitchell, Cedar Walton
RLP 304	The Little Giant	Johnny Griffin	1959	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester
RLP 308	Abbey Is Blue	Abbey Lincoln	1959	Julian Priester, Cedar Walton
BLP 4022	Profile	Duke Pearson	1960	Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor
RLP 367	Smooth As The Wind	Blue Mitchell With Strings And Brass	1961	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester
BLP 4035	Tender Feelin's	Duke Pearson	1961	Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor
BLP 4060	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1	Donald Byrd	1961	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
BLP 4073	Hub Cap	Freddie Hubbard	1961	Julian Priester, Cedar Walton
RLP 414	A Sure Thing	Blue Mitchell And Orchestra	1962	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams
BLP 4075	The Cat Walk	Donald Byrd	1962	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
JLP 87	Red's Good Groove	Red Garland Quintet	1963	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams
BLP 4061	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2	Donald Byrd	1963	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
LP 1444	These Are My Roots	Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly	1965	Julian Priester, Cedar Walton
BLP 4191	Wahoo!	Duke Pearson	1966+	Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
LM-82002	I/We Had A Ball	Various Artists	1965	Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams
V-8637	Soul Burst	Cal Tjader	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Chick Corea
CL 2649	The Time And The Place	Art Farmer Quintet	1967	Cedar Walton, Mickey Roker
CL 2746	Plays The Great Jazz Hits	Art Farmer Quintet	1967	Cedar Walton, Mickey Roker
BLP 4252	Sweet Honey Bee	Duke Pearson	1967	Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
PR 7498	Luminescence!	The Barry Harris Sextet	1967	Junior Cook, Pepper Adams
PR 7519	Cedar!	The Cedar Walton Trio, Quartet & Quintet	1967	Junior Cook, Cedar Walton
V-8698	Creole Cookin'	Bobby Hackett	1967	Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams