Blue Note session · in the studio
March 24, 1957
Lee Morgan Sextet
In the room
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Gigi Gryce – alto sax, flute
- Benny Golson – tenor sax
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 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. 3 | Hasaan's Dream | BLP 1557 |
| tk. 5 | I Remember Clifford | BLP 1557 |
| tk. 7 | Mesabi Chant | BLP 1557 |
| tk. 10 | Tip-Toeing (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46817 2 |
| tk. 11 | Tip-Toeing | BLP 1557 |
| tk. 13 | Domingo | BLP 1557 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1574 | Peckin' Time | Hank Mobley & Lee Morgan | 1959 | Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip |
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1541 | Lee Morgan Sextet (Vol. 2) | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers |
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1577 | Blue Train | John Coltrane | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1578 | The Cooker | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1575 | City Lights | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 4003 | Moanin' · not on the site yet | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1958 | Lee Morgan, Benny Golson |
