Blue Note session · in the studio
January 23, 1950
Howard McGhee All Stars
In the room
Howard McGhee – trumpet
J.J. Johnson – trombone · as Jay Jay Johnson- Brew Moore – tenor sax
- Kenny Drew – piano
Curley Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
The takes
1 of these 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN370-1 | Lo-Flame (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note 7243 4 95747 2 4 |
| BN370-2 | Lo-Flame | 78 · 1574, BLP 5012 |
| BN371-1 | Fuguetta | 78 · 1572, BLP 5012 |
| BN372-0 | Fluid Drive | 78 · 1573, BLP 5012 |
| BN373-0 | Meciendo | 78 · 1574, BLP 5012 |
| BN374-0 | Donnellon Square | 78 · 1573, BLP 5012 |
| BN375-1 | I'll Remember April | 78 · 1572, BLP 5012 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 109 | Modern Jazz Trombones | Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars | 1951 | J.J. Johnson, Brew Moore, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7023 | Trombone By Three | J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Brew Moore, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7824 | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra | 1946 | J.J. Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach | |
 | MG 9023 | The Birth Of Bop Volume 2 | Various Artists | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
 | MG 9024 | The Birth Of Bop Volume 3 | Various Artists | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
 | MG 9025 | The Birth Of Bop Volume 4 | Various Artists | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7024 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson | Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
 | MG 12081 | The George Wallington Trio | The George Wallington Trio And Septet | 1956 | Brew Moore, Curley Russell, Max Roach |
