Blue Note session · recorded live
May 31, 1956
Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets With Kenny Burrell
In the room
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- J.R. Monterose – tenor sax
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Arthur Edgehill – drums
The takes
5 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. 8 | K.D.'s Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61003 |
| tk. 9 | Hills Edge | BLP 1524 |
| tk. 10 | My Heart Stood Still | Rejected at the session |
| – | A Night In Tunisia | BLP 1524 |
| tk. 11 | Who Cares (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61004 |
| tk. 12 | Royal Roost | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61003 |
| tk. 13 | The Theme | Rejected at the session |
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, Kenny Burrell, Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Arthur Edgehill |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1596 | Blue Lights Volume 1 | Kenny Burrell | 1958 | Kenny Burrell, Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones |
 | BLP 1597 | Blue Lights Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1961 | Kenny Burrell, Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones |
2 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7175 | More Party Time | Arnett Cobb | 1960 | Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones |