Blue Note session · in the studio
June 23, 1957
Hank Mobley Sextet
In the room
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Bill Hardman – trumpet
- Curtis Porter – tenor, alto sax
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – 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. 2 | Mighty Moe And Joe (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (Du) 1A 158-83391/4 |
| tk. 2/3 | Mighty Moe And Joe | BLP 1568 |
| tk. 5 | News | BLP 1568 |
| tk. 6 | Bags' Groove | BLP 1568 |
| tk. 8 | Double Exposure | BLP 1568 |
| tk. 10 | Falling In Love With Love | BLP 1568 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1567 | The Opener | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1594 | Smithville | Louis Smith | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
