Blue Note session · in the studio
November 21, 1945
Jimmy Hamilton And The Duke's Men
In the room
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet
Ray Nance – trumpet- Henderson Chambers – trombone
- Otto Hardwick – alto sax, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone sax, clarinet
Jimmy Jones – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Sid Catlett – drums · as Sidney Catlett
The takes
1 of these 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN268-1 | Old Uncle Bud | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MR1-115 |
| BN269-4 | Blues For Clarinets | BLP 5027 |
| BN270-0 | Slapstick | BLP 5027 |
| BN271-1 | Blues In My Music Room | BLP 5027 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 6024 | Mood Ellington | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1948 | Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford |
 | CL 6073 | Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1949 | Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford |
 | CL 1323 | Ellington Jazz Party | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1959 | Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Jones |
 | A-61 | Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges | Johnny Hodges | 1964 | Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Jones |
 | V-4072 | Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1967 | Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Jimmy Jones |
