Blue Note session · in the studio
July 28, 1956
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims
In the room
- Zoot Sims – tenor sax
- Jerry Lloyd – trumpet
- Jutta Hipp – piano
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 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. 4 | Violets For Your Furs | BLP 1530 |
| tk. 5 | These Foolish Things | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 6 | Down Home | BLP 1530 |
| tk. 7 | Wee-Dot | BLP 1530 |
| tk. 9 | Too Close For Comfort | BLP 1530 |
| tk. 10 | Z's Wonderful (aka 'S Wonderful) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 14 | Almost Like Being In Love | BLP 1530 |
| tk. 15 | Just Blues | BLP 1530 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1515 | At the Hickory House Volume 1 | Jutta Hipp | 1956 | Jutta Hipp, Ed Thigpen |
 | BLP 1516 | At the Hickory House Volume 2 | Jutta Hipp | 1957 | Jutta Hipp, Ed Thigpen |