Blue Note session · in the studio

November 17, 1967

Blue Mitchell Nonet

In the room

Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Burt Collins – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone
Jerry Dodgion – alto sax, flute
Junior Cook – tenor sax
Pepper Adams – baritone sax
Jimmy Heath – arranger
Melba Liston – arranger
Duke Pearson – arranger
Don Pickett – arranger
McCoy Tyner – piano
Gene Taylor – bass
Al Foster – drums

The takes

2 of these 8 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
1988 · tk. 8	Len Sirrah	BLP 4272
1989 · tk. 14	Togetherness	BLP 4272
1989 · tk. 16	Togetherness (alternate take)	Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ6-178
1990 · tk. 18	Heads Up! Feet Down!	BLP 4272
1991 · tk. 23	Good Humor Man (alternate take)	Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ6-178
1991 · tk. 24	Good Humor Man	BLP 4272
1992 · tk. 32	The Folks Who Live On The Hill	BLP 4272
1993 · tk. 34	The People In Nassau	BLP 4272

8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Blue Mitchell – Heads Up! (Blue Note BLP 4272)

BLP 4272 · 1968Heads Up!Blue Mitchell

Together elsewhere

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

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 4257	Boss Horn	Blue Mitchell	1967	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Jerry Dodgion, Junior Cook, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor

5 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
LM-82002	I/We Had A Ball	Various Artists	1965	Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston, McCoy Tyner
BLP 4256	The Spoiler	Stanley Turrentine	1967	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, McCoy Tyner
BLP 4276	Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band	Duke Pearson's Big Band	1968	Burt Collins, Julian Priester, Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson

4 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 4214	Down With It!	The Blue Mitchell Quintet	1966+	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, Al Foster
	BLP 4240	Rough 'N Tumble	Stanley Turrentine	1966	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, McCoy Tyner

3 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 4008	Finger Poppin'	Horace Silver	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4017	Blowin' The Blues Away	Horace Silver	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4325	Horace Silver Quintet · not on the site yet	Horace Silver Quintet	1959	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
RLP 313	Showcase	Philly Joe Jones	1960	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Pepper Adams
BLP 4042	Horace-Scope	Horace Silver	1960	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
RLP 358	The Chant	Sam Jones Plus 10	1961	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston
RLP 367	Smooth As The Wind	Blue Mitchell With Strings And Brass	1961	Blue Mitchell, Burt Collins, Julian Priester
BLP 4076	Doin' The Thing	Horace Silver	1961	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
JLP 58	Junior's Cookin'	The Junior Cook Quintet Featuring Blue Mitchell	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
RLP 397	A Jazz Version Of Kean: Selections From The Broadway Musical Hit	The Riverside Jazz Stars	1962	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston
RLP 414	A Sure Thing	Blue Mitchell And Orchestra	1962	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Heath
RLP 439	The Cup Bearers	Blue Mitchell	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4110	The Tokyo Blues	The Horace Silver Quintet	1962	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4131	Silver's Serenade	The Horace Silver Quintet	1963	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4185	Song For My Father	Horace Silver	1964	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4178	The Thing To Do	Blue Mitchell	1965	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4228	Bring It Home To Me	Blue Mitchell	1967	Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor
BLP 4267	The Right Touch	Duke Pearson	1967	Jerry Dodgion, Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor

2 of them 34 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG-36119	Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller	Dinah Washington With Ernie Wilkins Orchestra	1958	Julian Priester, Melba Liston
MG-36141	Newport '58	Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach, Don Elliott	1958	Blue Mitchell, Melba Liston
RLP 304	The Little Giant	Johnny Griffin	1959	Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester
RLP 309	Blue Soul	Blue Mitchell Sextet	1959	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath
JLP 25	Spiritsville	Julian Priester Sextet	1960	Julian Priester, McCoy Tyner
RLP 316	Keep Swingin'	Julian Priester	1960	Julian Priester, Jimmy Heath
RLP 324	The Soul Society	Sam Jones	1960	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath
BLP 4022	Profile	Duke Pearson	1960	Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor
A-6	Africa/Brass	The John Coltrane Quartet	1961	Julian Priester, McCoy Tyner
RLP 381	Homecoming!	Elmo Hope Sextet And Trio	1961	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath
BLP 4035	Tender Feelin's	Duke Pearson	1961	Duke Pearson, Gene Taylor
BLP 4060	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1	Donald Byrd	1961	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
BLP 4073	Hub Cap	Freddie Hubbard	1961	Julian Priester, Jimmy Heath
A-9273	John Coltrane Orchestra · not on the site yet	John Coltrane Orchestra	1961	Julian Priester, McCoy Tyner
RLP 429	Big Bags	Milt Jackson Orchestra	1962	Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston
RLP 432	Down Home	Sam Jones & Co.	1962	Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath
BLP 4075	The Cat Walk	Donald Byrd	1962	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
JLP 87	Red's Good Groove	Red Garland Quintet	1963	Blue Mitchell, Pepper Adams
BLP 4061	At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2	Donald Byrd	1963	Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson
V-8552	Any Number Can Win	Jimmy Smith	1963	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
V-8583	Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?	Jimmy Smith	1964	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
LM-82006	In A New Setting	Milt Jackson	1965	Jimmy Heath, McCoy Tyner
V-8667	Hoochie Cooche Man	Jimmy Smith	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
V-8678	Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
V-8766	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
V-8804	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
A-9119	Roll 'Em	Shirley Scott Plays The Big Bands	1966	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
PR 7498	Luminescence!	The Barry Harris Sextet	1967	Junior Cook, Pepper Adams
V-8677	Encyclopedia Of Jazz (In The Sixties) Volume One: The Blues	Leonard Feather	1967	Burt Collins, Jerry Dodgion
V-8698	Creole Cookin'	Bobby Hackett	1967	Jerry Dodgion, Pepper Adams
V-8721	The Best Of Jimmy Smith	Jimmy Smith With Oliver Nelson Big Band / Jimmy Smith Trio	1967	Jerry Dodgion, Melba Liston
BLP 4275	Tender Moments	McCoy Tyner	1968	Julian Priester, McCoy Tyner
V-8731	Jazzhattan Suite	Jazz Interactions Orchestra	1968	Burt Collins, Jerry Dodgion
V-8743	Leonard Feather Presents The Sound Of Feeling And The Sound Of Oliver Nelson	Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz All Stars	1968	Burt Collins, Jerry Dodgion