Blue Note session · in the studio
October 21, 1956
J.R. Monterose Quintet
In the room
- J.R. Monterose – tenor sax
- Ira Sullivan – trumpet
- Horace Silver – piano
- Wilbur Ware – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
The takes
1 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. 2 | Wee-Jay (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 29102 2 0 |
| tk. 3 | Wee-Jay | BLP 1536 |
| tk. 7 | Marc V | BLP 1536 |
| tk. 9 | The Third | BLP 1536 |
| tk. 10 | Bobbie Pin | BLP 1536 |
| tk. 12 | Ka-Link | BLP 1536 |
| tk. 15 | Beauteous | BLP 1536 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1538 | Lee Morgan Indeed! | Lee Morgan | 1956 | Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Horace Silver, Philly Joe Jones |
 | BLP 1560 | Hank | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones |