Blue Note session · in the studio
April 21, 1957
Hank Mobley Sextet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- John Jenkins – alto sax
- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Wilbur Ware – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – 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 | Easy To Love | BLP 1560 |
| tk. 3 | Fit For A Hanker | BLP 1560 |
| tk. 4 | Hi Groove, Low Feedback | BLP 1560 |
| tk. 7 | Time After Time | BLP 1560 |
| tk. 9 | Dance Of The Infidels | BLP 1560 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
