Blue Note session · in the studio
April 21, 1967
McCoy Tyner Quartet
In the room
McCoy Tyner – piano
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Ron Carter – bass
Elvin Jones – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1873 · tk. 1 | Contemplation | BLP 4264 |
| 1874 · tk. 6 | Passion Dance | BLP 4264 |
| 1875 · tk. 7 | Blues On The Corner | BLP 4264 |
| 1876 · tk. 12 | Four By Five | BLP 4264 |
| 1877 · tk. 18 | Search For Peace | BLP 4264 |
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 4166 | In 'N Out | Joe Henderson | 1965 | McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones |
 | BLP 4189 | Inner Urge | Joe Henderson | 1966 | McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones |
