Pour Over Jazz

Blue Note session · in the studio

February 11, 1957

Jimmy Smith Sextet/Trio

Manhattan Towers, NYC

In the room

The takes

1 of these 6 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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 3Falling In Love With Love BLP 1547
tk. 4First Night Blues Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ5-154
tk. 5Funk's Oats 45 · 45-1677, BLP 1547
tk. 6Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart BLP 1556
tk. 8Groovy Date BLP 1548
tk. 9I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart BLP 1548
All 6 takes found on Spotify

Where it ended up

Jimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 (Blue Note BLP 1547)BLP 1547 · 1957A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith – The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note BLP 1556)BLP 1556 · 1959The Sounds of Jimmy SmithJimmy SmithJimmy Smith – A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2 (Blue Note BLP 1548)BLP 1548 · 1957A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2Jimmy Smith

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 4 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1551At the Organ Volume 1Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey
BLP 1552At the Organ Volume 2Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey
BLP 4002House Party · not on the site yetJimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey
BLP 4011The Sermon! · not on the site yetJimmy Smith1959Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey

3 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4325Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers · not on the site yetHorace Silver And The Jazz Messengers1954Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey

2 of them 35 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 5021New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yetLou Donaldson1953Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5037A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5038A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5039A Night At Birdland Vol. 3 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5055Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2 · not on the site yetLou Donaldson Sextet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5058Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 3) · not on the site yetHorace Silver And The Jazz Messengers1955Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 5062Horace Silver Quintet (Volume 4) · not on the site yetHorace Silver And The Jazz Messengers1955Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 5064Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2 · not on the site yetJulius Watkins Sextet1955Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 5065Afro-Cuban · not on the site yetKenny Dorham1955Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 5066Hank Mobley Quartet · not on the site yetHank Mobley Quartet1955Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1507At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1The Jazz Messengers1956Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1508At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 2The Jazz Messengers1956Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1518Horace Silver and the Jazz MessengersHorace Silver1956Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1521A Night at Birdland Volume 1Art Blakey1956Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1522A Night at Birdland Volume 2Art Blakey1956Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 15396 Pieces of SilverHorace Silver1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 7043Informal JazzElmo Hope Sextet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 70484, 5 And 6Jackie McLean1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
PRLP 7061Mobleys MessageHank Mobley Quintet, Quartet, Sextet1956Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1535Afro-CubanKenny Dorham1957Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1537Quartet/Quintet/SextetLou Donaldson1957Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1540Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee MorganHank Mobley1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1544Hank Mobley and His All StarsHank Mobley1957Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1545Wailing with LouLou Donaldson1957Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson
BLP 1550Hank Mobley QuintetHank Mobley1957Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1559A Blowing SessionJohnny Griffin1957Hank Mobley, Art Blakey
BLP 1560HankHank Mobley1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1563Plays Pretty Just for YouJimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden
PRLP 7073All Night LongDonald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor1957Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
BLP 1585Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden
BLP 1586Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden
BLP 1591Lou Takes OffLou Donaldson1958Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson
BLP 4200Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yetJimmy Smith Trio1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden
BLP 4004Holiday For Skins Volume 1 · not on the site yetArt Blakey1959Donald Byrd, Art Blakey
BLP 4005Holiday For Skins Volume 2 · not on the site yetArt Blakey1959Donald Byrd, Art Blakey