Blue Note session · in the studio
October 9, 1967
Hank Mobley Sextet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto sax
John Hicks – piano
Bob Cranshaw – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 · tk. 4 | Two And One | BLP 4273 |
| 1966 · tk. 6 | Bossa De Luxe | BLP 4273 |
| 1967 · tk. 12 | High Voltage | BLP 4273 |
| 1968 · tk. 15 | Flirty Gerty | BLP 4273 |
| 1969 · tk. 16 | Advance Notice | BLP 4273 |
| 1970 · tk. 18 | No More Goodbys | BLP 4273 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4435 | Hank Mobley Quintet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quintet | 1965 | Hank Mobley, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins | |
| BLP 4312 | Lee Morgan Sextet · not on the site yet | Lee Morgan Sextet | 1966 | Hank Mobley, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins | |
 | BLP 4222 | Cornbread | Lee Morgan | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4230 | A Caddy For Daddy | Hank Mobley | 1967 | Hank Mobley, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
 | BLP 4270 | Easterly Winds | Jack Wilson | 1967 | Jackie McLean, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins |
