Blue Note session · in the studio
February 9, 1958
Hank Mobley - Lee Morgan Quintet
In the room
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
The takes
3 of these 8 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 | High And Flighty (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81574 2 |
| tk. 3 | High And Flighty | BLP 1574 |
| tk. 4 | Stretchin' Out (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81574 2 |
| tk. 5 | Stretchin' Out | BLP 1574 |
| tk. 6 | Peckin' Time | BLP 1574 |
| tk. 10 | Git-Go Blues | BLP 1574 |
| tk. 11 | Speak Low | BLP 1574 |
| tk. 12 | Speak Low (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81574 2 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1541 | Lee Morgan Sextet (Vol. 2) | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1557 | Lee Morgan Vol. 3 | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip | |
| BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers |
2 of them 11 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 5070 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1506 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| PRLP 7043 | Informal Jazz | Elmo Hope Sextet | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1567 | The Opener | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1577 | Blue Train | John Coltrane | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1578 | The Cooker | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| PRLP 7074 | Tenor Conclave | Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers | |
| BLP 1575 | City Lights | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers | |
| PRLP 7135 | Triple Exposure | Hal McKusick | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip |
