Blue Note session · in the studio
November 25, 1956
Hank Mobley Sextet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Horace Silver – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
The takes
1 of these 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Double Whammy | BLP 1540 |
| tk. 3 | Barrel Of Funk | BLP 1540 |
| tk. 4 | Barrel Of Funk (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ10-181 |
| tk. 6 | Mobleymania (aka B For B.B.) | BLP 1540 |
| tk. 7 | Touch And Go | BLP 1540 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1541 | Lee Morgan Sextet (Vol. 2) | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip |
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1574 | Peckin' Time | Hank Mobley & Lee Morgan | 1959 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip |
3 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4325 | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1954 | Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 5070 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1506 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1539 | 6 Pieces of Silver | Horace Silver | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1557 | Lee Morgan Vol. 3 | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers |
