Blue Note session · recorded live
August 4, 1956
Jimmy Smith Trio
In the room
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Thornel Schwartz – guitar
- Mitch Thomas – announcer
- Donald Bailey – drums
The takes
4 of these 5 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. 11 | Lady Bird | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 12 | Where Or When | 45 · 45-1665, BLP 1528 |
| tk. 13 | Stella By Starlight | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 14 | Red Sails In The Sunset | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 15 | Blues | 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 1529 | At Club Baby Grand Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz, Mitch Thomas, Donald Bailey |
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1514 | A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1525 | At the Organ Volume 3 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz, Donald Bailey |
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1512 | A New Sound, A New Star Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz |
 | BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1551 | At the Organ Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1563 | Plays Pretty Just for You | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1585 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1586 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4002 | House Party · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4050 | Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith Trio | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4200 | Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith Trio | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4011 | The Sermon! · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey |