Blue Note session · in the studio
January 25, 1944
Edmond Hall And His All Star Quintet
In the room
Edmond Hall – clarinet
Red Norvo – vibes
Carl Kress – guitar
Teddy Wilson – piano- Johnny Williams – bass
The takes
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN908-1 | Rompin' In '44 (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR6-109 |
| BN908-2 | Rompin' In '44 | 78 · 30 |
| BN909 | Blue Interval | 78 · 31, BLP 5026 |
| BN910-1 | Smooth Sailing (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR6-109 |
| BN910-2 | Smooth Sailing | 78 · 30 |
| BN911 | Seein' Red | 78 · 31, BLP 5026 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 6052 | Benny Goodman Sextet Session | Benny Goodman Sextet | 1949 | Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson |
 | CL 500 | Benny Goodman Combos (Quintet, Sextet, Septet) | Benny Goodman | 1951 | Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson |
 | MG 9030 | Jam Session At Savoy | Various Artists | 1954 | Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson |
 | BCP-32 | Jazz Great | Jack Teagarden | 1956 | Edmond Hall, Carl Kress |
 | CL 2564 | The B.G. Six | The Benny Goodman Sextet | 1956 | Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson |
 | BCP-6036 | Trombone Bandstand | Various Artists | 1960 | Edmond Hall, Carl Kress |
 | BCP-6042 | Dixieland | Jonah Jones, Jack Teagarden | 1960 | Edmond Hall, Carl Kress |
 | CL 637 | Lady Day | Billie Holiday | 1961 | Edmond Hall, Teddy Wilson |