Blue Note session · recorded live
May 31, 1956
Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets
In the room
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- J.R. Monterose – tenor sax
- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Arthur Edgehill – drums
The takes
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 1 | Hills Edge | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 2 | K.D.'s Blues (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61004 |
| tk. 3 | My Heart Stood Still | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 4 | Mexico City | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 5 | Autumn In New York | BLP 1524 |
| tk. 6 | Monaco (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61004 |
| tk. 7 | N.Y. Theme | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61004 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Kenny Dorham, J.R. Monterose, Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Arthur Edgehill |
2 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1596 | Blue Lights Volume 1 | Kenny Burrell | 1958 | Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones |
| PRLP 7175 | More Party Time | Arnett Cobb | 1960 | Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones | |
 | BLP 1597 | Blue Lights Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1961 | Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones |