Blue Note session · in the studio
July 14, 1957
Paul Chambers Quartet
In the room
Paul Chambers – bass
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Hank Jones – piano
Art Taylor – drums
Photos: Paul Chambers, Intromusic11, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kenny Burrell, vernon.hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hank Jones, Ed Newman, CC BY 2.0 · Art Taylor, Gretsch, Public domain
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. 3 | Dear Old Stockholm | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 5 | Chasin' The Bird | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 6 | Confessin' | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 8 | The Theme | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 9 | Yesterdays | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 10 | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | BLP 1569 |
| tk. 12 | Untitled (aka Chamber Mates) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7110 | Jammin' In Hi Fi With Gene Ammons | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7112 | Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors | Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar With Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7113 | Groovy | Red Garland Trio With Paul Chambers & Art Taylor | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7118 | After Hours With Thad Jones/Kenny Burrell/Frank Wess/Mal Waldron/Paul Chambers/Arthur Taylor | The Prestige All Stars | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor |
2 of them 27 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell | |
| BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell | |
| PRLP 7044 | Collectors' Items | Miles Davis | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7064 | A Garland Of Red | The Red Garland Trio With Paul Chambers And Art Taylor | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell | |
| BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1567 | The Opener | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1571 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 3: Bud! | Bud Powell | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1573 | John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell | John Jenkins | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell | |
| BLP 4430 | Bud Powell Quartet · not on the site yet | Bud Powell Quartet | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7073 | All Night Long | Donald Byrd, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7074 | Tenor Conclave | Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7081 | All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7083 | Funky: Hi-Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7086 | Red Garland's Piano With Paul Chambers And Art Taylor | The Red Garland Trio | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7117 | Taylor's Wailers | Art Taylor's All Stars | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7119 | 2 Guitars | Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney With Byrd, McLean, Waldron, Watkins, Taylor | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1575 | City Lights | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 1594 | Smithville | Louis Smith | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7123 | John Coltrane With The Red Garland Trio | John Coltrane With The Red Garland Trio | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7139 | Manteca | The Red Garland Trio Plus Ray Barreto, Conga | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7142 | Soultrane | John Coltrane | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| BLP 4009 | The Scene Changes · not on the site yet | The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 5 | 1959 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
| PRLP 7148 | All Kinds Of Weather | Red Garland | 1959 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
