Blue Note session · in the studio
January 13, 1957
Hank Mobley Quintet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Milt Jackson – vibes
- Horace Silver – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Art Blakey – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Reunion | 45 · 45-1671, BLP 1544 |
| tk. 3 | Lower Stratosphere | 45 · 45-1671, BLP 1544 |
| tk. 4 | Don't Walk | BLP 1544 |
| tk. 6 | Ultramarine | BLP 1544 |
| tk. 7 | Mobley's Musings | BLP 1544 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 8 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, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5058 | Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 3) · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5062 | Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 4) · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5066 | Hank Mobley Quartet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quartet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1507 | At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1 | The Jazz Messengers | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1508 | At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 2 | The Jazz Messengers | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1518 | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers | Horace Silver | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1550 | Hank Mobley Quintet | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey |
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 5065 | Afro-Cuban · not on the site yet | Kenny Dorham | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1539 | 6 Pieces of Silver | Horace Silver | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins | |
| BLP 1535 | Afro-Cuban | Kenny Dorham | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey |
2 of them 28 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 5009 | Genius Of Modern Music Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Thelonious Monk | 1952 | Milt Jackson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5011 | Wizard Of The Vibes · not on the site yet | Milt Jackson | 1952 | Milt Jackson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5018 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Horace Silver | 1953 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5021 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson | 1953 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5034 | Spotlight On Drums · not on the site yet | Horace Silver Trio Vol. 2/Art Blakey-Sabu | 1954 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5037 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5038 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5039 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5040 | Miles Davis Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Miles Davis Quartet | 1954 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5064 | Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Julius Watkins Sextet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5070 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1502 | Miles Davis Volume 2 | Miles Davis | 1956 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1506 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1509 | Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet | Milt Jackson | 1956 | Milt Jackson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1511 | Genius of Modern Music Volume 2 | Thelonious Monk | 1956 | Milt Jackson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1520 | Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu | Horace Silver | 1956 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1521 | A Night at Birdland Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1522 | A Night at Birdland Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1537 | Quartet/Quintet/Sextet | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1541 | Lee Morgan Sextet (Vol. 2) | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1548 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1549 | Blowing in from Chicago | Cliff Jordan & John Gilmore | 1957 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1558 | Sonny Rollins Volume 2 | Sonny Rollins | 1957 | Horace Silver, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1562 | The Stylings of Silver | Horace Silver | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
| BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Hank Mobley, Art Blakey |
