Blue Note session · in the studio
September 8, 1967
Jackie McLean Sextet
In the room
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Woody Shaw – trumpet- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
- Barbara Simmons – recitation
- Lamont Johnson – piano
- Scott Holt – bass
Rashied Ali – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 · tk. 2 | Big Ben's Voice (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59383 2 0 |
| 1934 · tk. 3 | Big Ben's Voice | BLP 4284 |
| 1935 · tk. 4 | Conversion Point | BLP 4284 |
| 1936 · tk. 8 | Soul | BLP 4284 |
| 1937 · tk. 14 | Dear Nick, Dear John | BLP 4284 |
| 1938 · tk. 17 | Erdu | BLP 4284 |
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 4345 | Jackie McLean Quintet · not on the site yet | Jackie McLean Quintet | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Woody Shaw, Lamont Johnson, Scott Holt |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4262 | New And Old Gospel | Jackie McLean | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Lamont Johnson, Scott Holt |
2 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4137 | One Step Beyond | Jackie McLean | 1963 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III | |
| BLP 4153 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III | |
| BLP 4165 | Destination... Out! | Jackie McLean | 1964 | Jackie McLean, Grachan Moncur III |
