Blue Note session · in the studio
December 1, 1967
McCoy Tyner Nonet
In the room
McCoy Tyner – piano
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone- Bob Northern – French horn
- Howard Johnson – tuba
James Spaulding – alto sax, flute- Benny Maupin – tenor sax · as Bennie Maupin
Herbie Lewis – bass- Joe Chambers – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 · tk. 3 | Mode To John | BLP 4275 |
| 1995 · tk. 9 | The High Priest | BLP 4275 |
| 1996 · tk. 12 | Man From Tanganyika | BLP 4275 |
| 1997 · tk. 18 | Utopia | BLP 4275 |
| 1998 · tk. 21 | All My Yesterday | BLP 4275 |
| 1999 · tk. 22 | Lee Plus Three | BLP 4275 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A-6 | Africa/Brass | The John Coltrane Quartet | 1961 | McCoy Tyner, Julian Priester, Bob Northern |
| A-9273 | John Coltrane Orchestra · not on the site yet | John Coltrane Orchestra | 1961 | McCoy Tyner, Julian Priester, Bob Northern | |
 | BLP 4256 | The Spoiler | Stanley Turrentine | 1967 | McCoy Tyner, Julian Priester, James Spaulding |
