Blue Note session · in the studio
June 6, 1955
Jay Jay Johnson Quintet
In the room
J.J. Johnson – trombone · as Jay Jay Johnson- Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Horace Silver – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
The takes
3 of these 9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Pennies From Heaven (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81506 2 |
| tk. 3 | Pennies From Heaven | 45 · 45-1632, BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 6 | Viscosity | BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 7 | Viscosity (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81506 2 |
| tk. 9 | You're Mine You | BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 11 | Daylie Double | BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 15 | Groovin' | 45 · 45-1632, BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 16 | Portrait Of Jennie | BLP 5070, BLP 1506 |
| tk. 18 | Daylie Double (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81506 2 |
9 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5065 | Afro-Cuban · not on the site yet | Kenny Dorham | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1535 | Afro-Cuban | Kenny Dorham | 1957 | J.J. Johnson, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1541 | Lee Morgan Sextet (Vol. 2) | Lee Morgan | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1558 | Sonny Rollins Volume 2 | Sonny Rollins | 1957 | J.J. Johnson, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers |
 | PRLP 7076 | Walkin' | Miles Davis All Stars | 1957 | J.J. Johnson, Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke |
2 of them 31 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5013 | Young Man With A Horn · not on the site yet | Miles Davis | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5028 | Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Sextet | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
| BLP 4325 | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1954 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver | |
 | BLP 1501 | Miles Davis Volume 1 | Miles Davis | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5057 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5058 | Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 3) · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 5062 | Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 4) · not on the site yet | Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 5066 | Hank Mobley Quartet · not on the site yet | Hank Mobley Quartet | 1955 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1502 | Miles Davis Volume 2 | Miles Davis | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1505 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1507 | At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1 | The Jazz Messengers | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1508 | At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 2 | The Jazz Messengers | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1518 | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers | Horace Silver | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Horace Silver, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1539 | 6 Pieces of Silver | Horace Silver | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | PRLP 7043 | Informal Jazz | Elmo Hope Sextet | 1956 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |
 | PRLP 7054 | Blue Haze | Miles Davis | 1956 | Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke |
 | PRLP 7059 | MJQ | Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson Quintet | 1956 | Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1544 | Hank Mobley and His All Stars | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1550 | Hank Mobley Quintet | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1562 | The Stylings of Silver | Horace Silver | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1567 | The Opener | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |
 | PRLP 7074 | Tenor Conclave | Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims | 1957 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |
 | PRLP 7085 | When Farmer Met Gryce | The Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce | 1957 | Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke |
 | PRLP 7109 | Bags Groove | Miles Davis | 1957 | Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |
 | PRLP 7128 | King Pleasure Sings, Annie Ross Sings | Annie Ross With Teacho Wiltshire And His Band | 1958 | J.J. Johnson, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1574 | Peckin' Time | Hank Mobley & Lee Morgan | 1959 | Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers |