Blue Note session · in the studio
May 31, 1946
John Hardee Sextet
In the room
John Hardee – tenor sax- Bill Bivens – vibes
- Jimmy Shirley – guitar
- Sammy Benskin – piano
- Gene Ramey – bass · as Eugene Ramey
Sid Catlett – drums · as Sidney Catlett
The takes
1 of these 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN284-1 | What Is This Thing Called Love | 78 · 520 |
| BN285-1 | Nervous From The Service | 78 · 520 |
| BN286-4 | River Edge Rock | 78 · 521 |
| BN287-0 | Sweet And Lovely | 78 · 521, BLP 5001 |
| BN286-5 | River Edge Rock (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note B-6507 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 7007 | Jamming In Jazz · not on the site yet | Hall-DeParis Blue Note Jazz Men | 1952 | Jimmy Shirley, Sid Catlett | |
 | BLP 7012 | Jazz Band Ball · not on the site yet | James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazz Men | 1953 | Jimmy Shirley, Sid Catlett |