Blue Note session · in the studio
March 24, 1967
Jackie McLean Quintet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Ornette Coleman – trumpet- Lamont Johnson – piano
- Scott Holt – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1864 · tk. 6 | Old Gospel | BLP 4262 |
| 1865 · tk. 9 | Strange As It Seems | BLP 4262 |
| 1866 · tk. 10 | Lifetime: Offspring / Midway / Vernzone / The Inevitable End | BLP 4262 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4345 | Jackie McLean Quintet · not on the site yet | Jackie McLean Quintet | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Lamont Johnson, Scott Holt | |
| BLP 4284 | 'Bout Soul | Jackie McLean | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Lamont Johnson, Scott Holt |
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3551 | Something Else!!!! | The Music Of Ornette Coleman | 1958 | Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins | |
| LP 1317 | The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins | |
| LP 1327 | Change Of The Century | Ornette Coleman | 1960 | Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins | |
| LP 1364 | Free Jazz | The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet | 1961 | Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4089 | A Fickle Sonance | Jackie McLean | 1962 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4106 | Let Freedom Ring | Jackie McLean | 1963 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4218 | Action | Jackie McLean | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4335 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4273 | Hi Voltage | Hank Mobley | 1968 | Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins |
