Blue Note session · in the studio
December 24, 1953
Sal Salvador Quintet
In the room
- Sal Salvador – guitar
- Frank Socolow – tenor sax
- Johnny Williams – piano
- Kenny O'Brien – bass
- Jimmy Campbell – drums
The takes
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BN536-2 · tk. 3 | Gone With The Wind | BLP 5035 |
| BN537-2 · tk. 3 | Too Marvelous For Words | BLP 5035 |
| BN538-0 · tk. 1 | This Can't Be Love | BLP 5035 |
| BN539-1 · tk. 2 | After You've Gone | BLP 5035 |
| BN540-1 · tk. 2 | My Old Flame | BLP 5035 |
| BN541-3 · tk. 4 | Get Happy | BLP 5035 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BCP-39 | Shades Of Sal Salvador | Sal Salvador Septet | 1957 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-70 | Sounds By Socolow | Frank Socolow's Sextet | 1957 | Sal Salvador, Frank Socolow, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-85 | Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It? | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-86 | We Cut This Album For Bread | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-87 | Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-88 | Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-89 | We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-92 | No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz | Various Artists | 1959 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
| BCP-91 | A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album | Various Artists | 1960 | Sal Salvador, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Campbell |
2 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BCP-59 | Frivolous Sal | Sal Salvador | 1956 | Sal Salvador, Jimmy Campbell |
 | BCP-6009 | Squeeze Me | Sallie Blair | 1957 | Sal Salvador, Frank Socolow |
 | BCP-6068 | Award Album - Jazz Vocals | Various Artists | 1962 | Sal Salvador, Frank Socolow |