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Blue Note session · in the studio

January 9, 1967

Donald Byrd Sextet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
1810 · tk. 5Loki BLP 4259
1811 · tk. 9Eldorado BLP 4259
1812 · tk. 10West Of The Pecos BLP 4259
–BlackjackRejected at the session
1814 · tk. 28Beale Street BLP 4259
1813 · tk. 29Blackjack BLP 4259
1815 · tk. 33Pentatonic BLP 4259
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

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

5 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4292Slow DragDonald Byrd1968Donald Byrd, Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, Walter Booker, Billy Higgins

4 of them 2 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4238Mustang!Donald Byrd1967Donald Byrd, Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, Walter Booker
BLP 4425Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yetHank Mobley Quintet1967Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins

3 of them 4 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4435Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yetHank Mobley Quintet1963Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins
BLP 4186The Turnaround!Hank Mobley1965Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins
BLP 4312Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1966Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
BLP 4426Lee Morgan Quintet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Quintet1966Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins

2 of them 38 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
CL 897The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
CL 903The Cool Voice Of Rita ReysRita Reys1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 15396 Pieces of SilverHorace Silver1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 4325Horace Silver Quintet · not on the site yetHorace Silver Quintet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 7043Informal JazzElmo Hope Sextet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 70484, 5 And 6Jackie McLean1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 7061Mobleys MessageHank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PR 7313Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2Various Artists1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
MG 12064The Jazz Message OfKenny Clarke Quintet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
RLP 12-236This Is NewKenny Drew Quintet/Quartet1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1540Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee MorganHank Mobley1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1547A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1Jimmy Smith1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1548A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2Jimmy Smith1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1560HankHank Mobley1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 7073All Night LongDonald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
MG 12092Jazz Message #2Hank Mobley Quintet1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
RLP 12-267Riverside DriveVarious Artists1958Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1556The Sounds of Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith1959Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 4048Byrd In FlightDonald Byrd1961Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
JLP 59The ModeSonny Red1962Sonny Red, Cedar Walton
BLP 4101Royal FlushDonald Byrd1962Donald Byrd, Billy Higgins
BLP 4126My Point Of ViewHerbie Hancock1963Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 4124A New PerspectiveDonald Byrd1964Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 4149No Room For SquaresHank Mobley1964Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
LP 1448The In SoundEddie Harris1965Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
LP 1453Mean GreensEddie Harris1966Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
BLP 4118Free FormDonald Byrd1966Donald Byrd, Billy Higgins
BLP 4209Dippin'Hank Mobley1966Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins
PR 7448The Best Of Kenny BurrellThe Prestige All Stars1966Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
LP 1478The Tender StormEddie Harris1967Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
CL 2649The Time And The PlaceArt Farmer Quintet1967Cedar Walton, Walter Booker
CL 2746Plays The Great Jazz HitsArt Farmer Quintet1967Cedar Walton, Walter Booker
BLP 4222CornbreadLee Morgan1967Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins
BLP 4230A Caddy For DaddyHank Mobley1967Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins
BLP 4335Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yetLee Morgan Sextet1967Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
PR 7519Cedar!The Cedar Walton Trio, Quartet & Quintet1967Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
LM-82045Born FreeMilt Jackson1967Cedar Walton, Walter Booker
BLP 4273Hi VoltageHank Mobley1968Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins